How Would You Edit This Landscape Photo?

[BobTheDude]

Here is my try. The changes which I made are: cropping, little decrease in brightness, slight increase in contrast and definition, big increase in saturation and vibrancy and I used the burn brush to give the sky a little bit more pop.
Oh, and I did it in Aperture 3.Something.

[Burrster]

Hi Guys. I joined this forum just to have a go at editing this photo!  Here's my initial take on what I would do.

[jebrady03]

I'd edit it to look like I remembered it.

Exactly.  To me, photography is about capturing what I see - not what I can imagine.  If I wanted to make something fake and use my imagination, I'd pick up a paint brush - not a camera.

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I'd edit it to look like I remembered it.

Exactly.  To me, photography is about capturing what I see - not what I can imagine.  If I wanted to make something fake and use my imagination, I'd pick up a paint brush - not a camera.

I was not belittling any of the many serious posters or their creative vision of how they would edit it, just my own preference.    I don't like to use the term fake, its just how they see it as looking best, and thats fine.
 
Keep the images coming, at least serious ones.

[Burrster]

Sorry Guys I need one more go to get more detail in the sky, and warm it up a little, and tried a wider crop

[Eli]

I'd edit it to look like I remembered it.

Exactly.  To me, photography is about capturing what I see - not what I can imagine.  If I wanted to make something fake and use my imagination, I'd pick up a paint brush - not a camera.

You missed the point of the thread, OP did not say here's a photo, recreate what I saw, but instead here's a photo, show me different techniques of interpretation through post processing.
And imo photography isn't all about capturing what you see either, example, if you think about people who use speedlights doing portraits, the lighting is manipulated to create an effect they envision.
But that's what forums are for, different opinions,

[fegari]

Cropped a lot, rotated a bit, a lot of tonal contrast, some color burn and warming to try and get some textures out. Initially tried tilt shift effect I did not like but I see now that forgot to fully erase part of that effect at the bottom.  Should have desaturated probably a bit too!

90% done with Nik Color Efex.

I see now the flicker jpg compresion brings some nasty halos at the top egde of the mountain range


untitled-1 par Fegarix, sur Flickr

[inibudi]

Here's my take

[helpful]

2 minutes work in Apple Aperture 3

Great result!

[helpful]

Sorry Guys I need one more go to get more detail in the sky, and warm it up a little, and tried a wider crop

Your second result here is fabulous.

[lundstrom.emil]

My contribute

[mariusx1]

Fun little 5 minute project (Lightroom 4). Thanks for posting this!

[helpful]

These results are all wonderful. This is one of my favorite threads ever on CR.

[tntwit]

LR3

Obviously this is all up to personal taste.

I really liked some of the very dramatic variants that seemed to mostly be done in LR4.

Is LR4 that much more powerful than LR3 or do I have a bunch more to learn?  I don't believe I can pull off that much drama with LR3.

Maybe time to upgrade.

As for the comments about not being there to replicate the moment, well, that comes back to personal preference.  Photography is an art and art is open to personal interpretation.  It does not have to be a replica of the original.  If everyone did that, it would be boring.  I enjoyed everyone's variations, but it was because of the variations that it was interesting.

I should also mention that the B&W was a great idea.  It really played well into this type of photo.

As much as I get wrapped into the technical side of this site, I always enjoy the creative side.  So much talent here and so much to learn from everyone.

[Wild]

Here's my attempt