Image adjustment question

Hi there,
I am using PS CS3 and am probably an advanced beginner user.
I have an image that is washed out...Overexposed?
I would like to emphasize the two buildings, the tree trunk and the white flowers in front.
Here is my original image:
Steps that I took:
1. Levels to brighten overall image.
2. Hue/Saturation of Green to de-emphasise the green (I don't understand this adjustment well).
3. Dodge tool on sheds tree trunk and blossums (again I don't """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""")
4. Burn tool on all greenery.
This is what I came up with so far:
I think it's an improvement but might look a little cartoony....
Anyone care to comment?
Larger image posted at:
www.rcconnelly.net/AvilaBuilding/AvilaBuildingAdjust.html
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
RC

1) Specification for Web Offset Publications. The CMYK "typical" offset press gamut. If you're sending this to print, you'll need to bring the greens within gamut. You can preview by proofing colors to working CMYK (ctrl-y). Ctrl-shift-y will give you a gray overlay of the colors that are too saturated. If all you're doing is printing to and inkjet, I'm sure they're fine.
2) Play around with all the settings. Always better to start with a very low percentage and build layers of adjustment, at least for covering up mistakes.
3) Also try the yellows. You can also adjust the hue range using the sliders circled in red in the pic I've posted below. The dark gray range will be completely affected, while light gray ranges "tail" off to the unaffected white (beyond the beveled sliders). You can fiddle with these. And fiddle you should.
4) You can use burning and dodging, and also blurring and sharpening. Be very conservative with the latter two, but they can help bring focus to an image area. I used a little "creative" sharpening to try and bring out detail, and hopefully more attention to the trunk in my earlier post.
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