Simple Photoshop Elements Trick

I finally got the instructional videos for Photoshop Elements and am "going to school".  Now that I have fiddled around 'lost' in the program for several months, am going to try and learn it properly.  In that spirit, here is a before and after photo that I did using a simple selection tool and an adjustment layer.
This is the original shot

I used the quick select too to select that mesa and brought up the "sunlight" a little more.  Now I know why mag pics look better than my snapshots.  With PSE you can improve both on Mother Nature and on you own photographic ability, or lack thereof.

see the sun bouncing off that red mountain?