Mt. Hood Redo

A periodontist friend of mine let me observe him doing procedures earlier this month, and I wanted to give him a print in return. He picked this photo, an older one of mine.

This is cropped from a 2x10 stitch of 20 photos, taken as jpg with a Nikon Coolpix 8400 in 2006. Since it had been a long time, and I needed to crop it for framing, I decided to process it again for fun to see how different it might turn out. This is the new version, and the original version is below. Which do you prefer and why?

(The sky looks less cyan on my monitor when viewed with a colorspace aware program, and the shadows don't plug quite so bad at full-size.)

Thanks for any comments or suggestions!

Older version.

How big are you gonna print this...I would love to see it after its printed!!!!! The Dynamics are amazing and the sky adds so much to this...GREAT shot John...When is that dang Laurelwood opening!!! I am getting thirsty!!!!

I prefer the first post John, the spots of fall color as more punch, the sky is more appealing, and the composition more well-balanced.

David M. Cobb

I agree that the first one is better, I like the crop better. The more golden twinke on the trees is much more enjoyable too.

First one John, nice clarity and comp. Beautiful picture.