lol thanks everyone. it was just a lucky edit. thanks to griangraf for supplying the original photo!
graingraf- try selecting different areas of the image using the ‘selective colour’ tool. create seperate layers in the image to work on. eg. all the grass is on one layer, the path on another. this allows you to keep more control.
the selective colour tool is one you here very little about in magazines, but it is very very powerful and useful.