Preston: Love the scene and the comp and especially like the light on the peaks with the lone exception of the peak showing in the gap in the URC. On my monitor it is blown a bit despite using your GND. I applaud your craft with the 4x5, something I almost took up but chickened out and made my investments in digital instead. Top notch shot of a really nice scene. >=))>
Having just been there, it is a treat to see other people’s versions. It is a nice composition, but I wish the mountains poked up higher. The color balance does seem too yellow and I tried correcting it in PS but it is above my pay grade. Maybe my brain is trying to make an Astia film print look like a digitial print, which might be impossible since I’m not really familiar with film color prints. Thanks for posting. I missed shooting and printing with film so relish seeing these “relics” from the past.
Preston, I’m thoroughly enjoying the depth of the scene and the first light on the peaks. The foreground sage does look a bit yellow. I also think that a modest overall darkening lets the contrast between the light and shadow show better and it lets a bit more color show in the sunlit peaks.
I would try a different approach, as there is too much loss of contrast in the methods used, and the mask edges are too obvious. I don’t know how the FG bushes should look but I tried a selective color and on the layer’s mask I painted out the effect of the peaks.
Well, I like the original the best. Preston, I agree with Diane, your redo gets rid of too much contrast. So, it’s not broken, so don’t fix it. LOL
