Lightroom is the key to making your really good photos "pop" and look great . . . and in saving many a mediocre image too . . . especially if you shoot files as RAW files!
I've used Adobe Photoshop for years, and still do when I'm working in layers for a work production BUT . . . for 99% of my personal images (and work images too) I much prefer Adobe Lightroom!!!
Here are three examples, shot on a second honeymoon to the Smoky Mountains . . . but a week or so after the leaves peaked:
1. AS SHOT . . .
AFTER LIGHTROOM . . .
2. AS SHOT . . .
AFTER LIGHTROOM . . .
3. AS SHOT . . .
AFTER LIGHTROOM . . .