Dear Don,
This is a fascinating image of hoodoos, so thank you for sharing it. In terms of luminosities, the image concentrates on the lower midtones (around Z2-6), and the contrasts are mostly local, not global. To me, this creates an evenness and almost patterned impression. The dominant shapes in the image are scattered and almost equal-sized vertical lines created by the hoodoos. The two elements — contrast in luminosity and shapes — makes it a bit difficult to me to identify the subject matter in the image. Since I am unfamiliar with the landscape, I asked myself about the physical scale of the hoodoos — much depends on the size of the trees, but since I do not know how big they are, I am clueless. A few suggestions: Would it benefit the image if a gradient filter were deployed to darken the upper part slightly, thus increasing the sense of depth? Would it strengthen the image if it were cropped around hoodoos with more striking features, which introduced a stronger dynamic balance in relation to other features in the crop, and which could serve as an anchor for the viewer’s attention? Once again, thank you for sharing this image, I wish I could go and see them myself.