Lake District Landscape

My first picture post on here.

Taken up near Borrowdale in the Lake District a few weeks ago.

I haven't processed it, apart from levels & and upping the saturation a tad, but I'd be interested in what people think/suggest any improvements?

Nikon D90
Nikon 18-105 VR @ 22mm f7.1
Formatt ND 0.9 Grad Filter

Welcome to the forum Ian

Lovely light, have you considered a black and white conversion on this one Iain ?, it might help the tree stand out a little more.

Welcome Ian, I'm not a landscape person but this looks great to me, wonderful colours! I'm sure you'll get lots of useful and constructive advice from the many helpful members here.

Thanks for the comments!

Any tips on the best way to convert colour to b&w? I'd like to try Steve's suggestion and convert it to mono.

Thanks again!

Hi Iain, great first post, really like the colours in this one. I'm not a landscape expert nor the best at post-processing but a mono conversion may work well - there are many ways of doing it depending on what software you use, but the "convert to mono" in elements works ok. You can then use the dodge/burn tool to darken the clouds and lighten the tree against the hillside perhaps. There used to be a video tutorial on dodging and burning on photoanswers.co.uk

Can't think of any improvements off hand. It looks very nice to me as it is. I like how the tree on the right balances with the other focal point, that of the sunlit valley.
I like the slightly menacing sky too.