Moss on Paper (Manipulated)

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I did some manipulation of this image in Photoshop. It had previously been too dark and blue. Additionally, the cell phone camera records a hot spot of sorts when shooting a close-up. I have some hesitation about this manipulation, presuming that I had established a requirement that all images be unaltered. In fact I had previously manipulated a few images. I felt an urge to manipulate this "Moss and Paper." What is this urge?

The urge is at base a desire to get the image right--as if some ideal future state existed, now only in the urge but certain nevertheless. Following this concept would suggest that the "ideal" version of the image actually exists. The urge to get the image right depends on it.

A color is shifted and a blurring filter is applied. That's more like it. That's closer.