This seems to have potential, but seems a bit greenish and somewhat bland. How about a little pumping up of the colors? Take your pick as to how much is enough.
I like Camperjim's re-work #1 but I would add just a touch more orange as illustrated in the 2nd re-work. It really comes to down to one's preference preference.
Top Quark wrote:
I like the first, what did you do in post??
I made a separate layer and upped the red saturation on that layer. I also burned around the outside of the image to create a large vignette. The three different images are just different opacity settings for the red layer. Since I was just playing around I pumped up the red saturation way beyond reasonable. To make a more presentable image, I should have toned down the red and then adjusted levels and the opacity of the red layer to reach a pleasing compromise. Anyway sometimes it is fun just to play around. I did this rework in just a couple of minutes to show more possibility than a final image. Getting the hue and saturation just the way you want can take some time and numerous changes. It is also hard to do a decent job with a downsized image.
Looks like you are having success and fun playing with this.
There are a few more tools you might want to try. I like the enhancement for removing color cast. Just click on a colored portion of the image and you will get a new color tint for the image. You can try different areas and then using a separate layer blend into the original image for different effects. I also like to play with the color replacement enhancement. I often create a duplicate layer and then apply the "multiply" mode. This will also greatly change color hues and saturation.
Photoshop experts can use these tools to reach a desired endpoint. I often just use them to generate different and random effects. Those effects can always be blended in at low opacity to make minor adjustments to image color.
