Higgar Tor

Second shot I have managed to salvage from a flat light walk today (Boxing Day)


C&C Welcome

Steve, do you think you could try with cropping out the half stone at the bottom of the frame and then see how it looks?
Cheers

Kind of like this?

Great shot made up you salvage it.

Yes - much better.

trying to make the best of a bad job maybe, but wondered what you think with some selective dodge and burn?

It's not going to win any awards whatever you do to it, but I quite like the original. I like the pastel colours, and I like the sense of depth and distance.

My personal view, FWIW, is that neither the faked light (which just looks messy to me) nor squarer crop do it any favours.

You might bring up the shadow in the middle distance just a smidge (not enough to make it like the brighter foreground - just enough to see a little more of the detail).

Apart from that, why try to turn it into something that it's not? It's a pleasant record shot, of a nice view on a clear day. I think the rocks lead the eye nicely into the picture, and with a little more detail visible in the middle distance, you'd be good to go.

The only other thing is that the hill line is starting to halo a little, so go easy on the sharpening.

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment.
I take your point about the dodged highlights something i wanted to try though.