photo shop before and after 2

On this image I first enhanced the brightness and contrast so it wouldn't look dull. Then I created another level and blurred it as well as raised the green saturation to make the background really stand out. Then I used eraser to make us sharp again and not blurred like the background. Then I used the burn tool to bring out the shadows and dodge on the outside to kind of lighten around the edges.

photo shop before and after 1

This is my edited image. I first changed the image size to be smaller for the web. Then I adjusted the brightness and contrast to make it a little less dull. Then using layers I added blur to the background so the flower stands out. Then using reds in hue and saturation I highly saturated the outer rim of the flower as well as the blurred ones in the backdrop. Finally, I used the burn tool to darker the shadows a pinch. :) More to come...

photoshop image assignment