Shadow + Highlights
Clone out 1 small tree in distance
Raise Saturation on reds
Raise saturation
Dodge fog
Clone out small sign in BG
resize
USM
Reduce noise
Save
Statistics
Place: 29 out of 561 Avg (all users): 6.6623 Avg (commenters): 7.4000 Avg (participants): 6.6316 Avg (non-participants): 6.7568 Views since voting: 2197 Views during voting: 249 Votes: 151 Comments: 28 Favorites: 6 (view)
MAN !!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME .. brilliant photograph and your processing is out'v this world .. and WOW .. congratulations on such an amazing place in a free study .. totally deserved ... 29 out'v 558 .. EXCELLENT .. !!
i am not sure how i missed this shot, this is a great capture, the fog/smoke gives it such a mystical feel. great job! you asked me what would make this score higher, i can't tell you because i am trying to figure it out myself i just got a 6.9 and not even a top 5:)
i think in the end it's all bout the wow factor, and how many people you can impress.
technically this shot is flawless, and meets the challenge(free study in this case) so that's a 6 guarantee , every 0.1 point after that is depending on how much you impress in my opinion.
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning.