First attempts at PP (with photoshop)

[a_spaceman]

this are my first attempts at pp. i don it with photoshop and had mainly been working on contrast, saturation, balance and hue. number 3 has some highlight/shadow edit, too.
i really enjoyed it and realized how many colours and details that we can't see are in a photo and how useful it can be to bring them out.
i would really like to receive some C&C along with tips as i'm quite new to this whole thing..!

here we go...

1. that's the unedited photo, as taken on a pretty sunny day

2. this is my first edit. pretty extreme but i liked how it brought out the reds and yellows along with the rustiness, giving it the typical feel of lots of english houses and buildings

3.this is the second attempt and definitely my favourite. it still retains the right feel without being so heavily edited. it has some kind of vintage print feel, too, to my eye.

thanks in advance for any feedback!

 

[jwsciontc]

seems like the focus is in the wrong place, i would have had the box thing in focus, and i like the original better, they 2nd and 3rd just look way to fake to me