Grand Teton adorned in fall colors

I finally finished reading Guy's ebook Creative Processing Techniques and this was the image I followed along with. I thought I was pretty good at editing but this book taught me so many things that you won't read anywhere else. Thank you Guy, this is a game changer for me. I can't wait for your creative printing book.

Great image David and the processing looks great. You might try just a bit more selective contrast in the peaks in the background and see how things look.

This looks nice-great job!

Thanks Koveh, I added quite a bit of contrast to the peaks by dodging and burning, it was very flat to start with. It seemed extreme to me compared to the original, I guess I can push it a little further though!

Nice work, David. I like guy's book also.

Bill Brennan

I hope I don't sound like Mr. Ordinary here, but this image has too much sky for my tastes. The wispy whites are nice, but I'd love to see a pano crop (preferable) or just a tight crop of the aspen trees and main peaks. Processing looks good, though, so I just bought Guy's book after following your link. You should insist on a commission!

I agree with Todd. This is a great shot, but I think that you can crop at least two inches from the sky to keep the focus on the very best parts of the image.

The processing seems to have given the colors a nice glow. Perhaps some more midtone contrast and/or 15/50/0 treatment for the peaks.

Nice shot and processing!
I agree that a crop might improve or at least offer some alternative presentations. The gaps on the sides of the central grove kind of breaks up the image a little. If you have the resolution, a square crop of just the central region encompassing the grove and tetons might be interesting.

Thanks guys, I took another stab at it, had to put together a 4 shot pano, what do you think now?

Peaks look much better, and I like the crop and addition of more foreground.