This is the original picutre that I took and went to use as the front cover of my magazine. With reference to photoshop, I cropped the image a significant amount so it was in the shape of a magazine cover. By doing this I erased unecessary background imagery. I then changed the brightness and contrast levels and also erased all of the leaves from the grass to give a much cleaner look.
This is the final image that I decided to use
