salvaging an old photo?

[DanK]

Today I went back to a bunch of photos I took several years ago on a dismal fall day. Editing vistas taken on dismal days is something I find really difficult. This was a grab shot with a little 12 MPX Lumix LX-100 (version 1) that I sometimes carry in a fanny pack when I don't want to shlep my real equipment. this is a severe crop, leaving only 5.4 MPX, because I needed a longer lens. Comments welcome as always

[Manfred M]

When I get into a situation like this one, I spend some time dodging and burning as well as making exposure and contrast adjustments. I found the background hill a bit too magenta, so I took that down as well.

Your "dismal" lighting is generally ideal for this kind of scene. The non-directional lighting is quite benign.

[DanK]

Manfred,

Thanks. I agree on both counts. I did some dodging and burning, but not enough. I also agree about the magenta cast at the top left, although I would leave the colors elsewhere much as they were in mine. I won't be back to the computer that has that image until tonight, but I think the magenta may have been in part my fault. I'll have to look at the layers to see. I think the problem may have been that I did a selective color adjustment of three primaries on one layer, without a mask. The better option, although it results in larger files, is to put each primary that you change on its own layer and mask accordingly. Since selective color is still new to me, it will be helpful for me to fiddle with this further.