Wind and Spindrift in Rocky Mountain National Park

Specific Feedback Requested

I am really struggling with how to post-process this image in order to make it totally “pop” using LR and/or PS.

Any help / comments would be truly appreciated.

Technical Details

Is this a composite: No
1/800s at f/8
150mm
ISO 100
Canon EOS 6D
EF 70-300 DO IS USM

Hi Charlie,

I think your image does pop. If that’s your intention I think you’ve achieved that.

I think this image would work by cropping the blue sky (maybe a 16:9 ratio) and focusing on the atmospherics and the subtle layers in the atmospherics. It wouldn’t be an image that pops but there would be plenty of drama to work with.

From a technical perspective there appears to be a processing attract on the top of the first peak on the left where there is a sudden colour transition from blue to yellow. It might be from Lightroom’s dust spot removal tool.