Elysium -- how to?

[Borga Voffe]

This exquisite forum have given me new insight of life and new friends, now I challenge you all. I have done some "magic" in Photoshop with this d7200/18-140 photo of MY world out in Mountains of Norway.
Would be very helpful to get others opinion on how this "should" look like....

 

[JH Foto]

Slight improvement ?

 

[BackdoorArts]

Lots of lost details in the clouds - highlights are really hot. Haze hides some stuff too. I duplicated the image, used a Multiply blend mode and a gradient mask so it only effected the top half. Then I used Camera Raw to dehaze a bit and add some clarity. It's a low-res jpeg so you can only do so much. With a raw file you could do a lot. Beautiful view.

 

[Borga Voffe]

Wonderfull!

how can I send you my enormous raw file then ?

 

[BackdoorArts]

Wonderfull!

how can I send you my enormous raw file then ?

By first wrapping it in a check for my time.

 

[Borga Voffe]

 

[Blacktop]

Wonderfull!

how can I send you my enormous raw file then ?

You can upload the RAW file to a site like Dropbox or the like,then just post the link here.

 

[JH Foto]

I was going to ask why the file was so small.........