convert from RAW (rec-100, blk-0, clr-50, vib-40, sat-40)
crop, convert to B&W, unsharpen mask(150,3,3), shadow/highlights(0,20,-10), levels(0, 1.09,225), brightness/contrast(-15, 10), unsharpen mask(80,.8,3), adjust color curves, image resize, save for web
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Love the tree - but the light seems to want to force me to look at the lightened hill, instead. I would have liked a little more fill light - even in post processing.
Wow, fabulous shot and wonderfully composed! Love the way the light falls upon the far canyon wall that it almost looks like an island in the distance. The unique tree adds visual interest and the top half really pops dramatically off of the skyscape. My only critique is while the tones are dramatic in the top half of the photo, the bottom half of the composition is flat. Understandably, it is because that half falls into shadow. Perhaps use of brightness/contrast and shadow/highlight/midtones would make that area pop more but you might just want to select the bottom half of the photo, feather to avoid hard edges, and then apply those tools.
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