Coyote - Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tweaks

Created a "Depth" Channel with a BW gradient then applied a "Lens Blur" Filter to using Depth Channel as the source.

Applied a "Levels" adjustment, "Channel Mixer" adjustments of 120% and 80% with a modified form of the BW gradient.

 

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This Adobe Photoshop tweak a combination of these two tutorials.

Photoshop Triage by Richard Harrington

http://www.tipsquirrel.com/index.php/2010/12/photoshop-triage/

and

"How to Pop Colour Selectively Using Channel Mixer..." by Jodi Friedman

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-pop-color-selectively-using-channel-mixers-and-layer-masks-in-photoshop