Reprocess of older Yosemite Pic

dreamless

Hello, been a while since I have posted here, new job, wedding, etc. but since I just got back from my honeymoon I wanted to start looking at some pictures I have online and try to improve them. I am still fairly new to processing pics and this particular picture has plagued me for some time so I wanted to try and redo it.

So I know its greatest downfall is its lack of depth-of-field but there isn't really anything I can do about that now so I thought I would tackle its next downfall which is color, mainly its blue tint throughout the picture. I am adding the original unedited and my most recent edited version. If you are so inclined I would appreciate opinions and ideas/changes on how it could be improved.

Thank you in advance for your time.

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dreamless

I also played around with a B/W...

jackiejay

WOW amazing pics Im a big fan of B&W loved both of these

Z6I

I like the color but love the B&W. If anything, I would back off on the contrast of the B&W and lighten the shadows. It could be my monitor but it seems the blacks are a bit heavy here.
Nice, nice, nice!

dreamless

How about this, it is subtle but let me know if it lightens it up enough...

Cameron

dreamless wrote: »

How about this, it is subtle but let me know if it lightens it up enough...
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I like both your color and B&W versions but particularly like your second B&W attempt. You brought some detail out of the shadows while still maintaining a good amount of overall contrast. Nice shot!

Z6I

Ding, ding, ding We have a winner! That looks great.

Toonartist

That last B&W shot looks spot on, really does!! excellent shot.

Duncan

dreamless

Thank you, I like the B&W as well. Do you think I accomplished my goal of cleaning up the color version? Mainly removing the annoying blue tint to the picture.

TreyHoff

dreamless wrote: »

Thank you, I like the B&W as well. Do you think I accomplished my goal of cleaning up the color version? Mainly removing the annoying blue tint to the picture.

Absolutely. The greens are greener, the sky is bluer and the rock is more defined. The image appears to have been shot midday which makes the photo a bit flat. I think the B&W works better in this case. Still, both are nice images.

dreamless

Thank you, I am finding that I agree with you on the B&W being better in this particular case. I started off re-working this with the goal of eliminating the blue tint and getting the color version to a more workable position. I thought I has accomplished that goal but wanted to see what other photographers thought as well. I did the B&W on a whim but ended up liking it more than the color version, funny how that works sometimes.

I appreciate all the comments.