Nice photo!
Some tips on photoshop. This is the order I normally use when editing photos (names of functions may be slightly different as I am translating from Dutch from a slightly older version of PS):
Leveling
Press the U and you can draw lines. Draw the line paralel to a line you know 100% certain to run straight and vertical (a house, lamp post etc). Then go to: Picture – Rotate Canvas – Choose rotation. The computer will select the right amount of levelling to make the line you draw perfectly vertical.
Picture – Edits (adaptation/changes???) – colourtone/saturation (CTRL-U)
Change the colourtone and the saturation. Usually a slight increase is best. The brightness depends on the weather. Bad weather needs more brightness, good weather needs less brightness.
Picture – Edits – Brightness/Contrast
A bit more contrast usually works best.
Picture – Edits – Curves (CTRL-M)
Great tool to make dull colours a bit more vibrant. Remember you can also select the colour you want to change. Mostly I find that a bit more blue works quite nicely. My lense is (or rather was since it passed away) rather cheap and tends to make pictures a bit greyish at long zoom due to fog/smog/glare. This tool should remove the worst of it.
Filter – Sharpening – Unsharp Mask
This is a great tool that will sharpen your photos very well! The below settings are what I normally use. Do not go higher for the radius or the threshold, as that will give edges. The amount can be changed as you like.
amount: whatever you like but usually 200-250% works for me
radius: 0,3
threshold: 3 levels
Have fun but be warned, photoshop can be a very adictive program!
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