In the photo with my dog there is a great contrast between the rug and him, the rug is black and he is a light gold or yellow. I wanted his color to pop out more than it was in the original image so I took the brush tool and brightened him up and left the rug how it was.
In the photo of the trophy you couldn't see anything but the bottom letters that say 2008 OHYSA, i wanted you to be able to tell what this picture was. I brightened the photo completely and now it doesn't look like a black spot.
