color replacement

This photo was taken in September of 2010 outside my house. This is the original photo with no adjustments made.

This is the same picture that has been adjusted. I used the quick selection tool to select the flower and lightened it using the replace color tool in adjustments, I slid the hue to the right, the saturation to the left and the lightness to the right also...... and I set my curve level at 37 to give it a tint.
I like the color replacement photo better because it has more of the green color leaves and the flower looks more natural in my opinion.