Adjustments

I took this picture over the summer during my time at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennesee.  It is from Centeroo, the main gathering place of the festival where all of the acts took place and all 90,000 people would meet during the day to enjoy music and relax.  The mushroom fountain was a place for everyone to come and cool off and was the unofficial "exact center" of the festival.  I chose to highlight the fact that it was truly in the middle of everything by editing it in a way that the light from the fountain was the focus of the picture.  To do so, I adjusted the saturation, vibrance, brightness and honestly anything that I felt would contribute to the purpose of my picture.  It was by no means the most scientific or calculated use of Photoshop, but nevertheless it helped me to achieve my purpose.

Original photo

Modified photo with more emphasis on the colors of the fountain