This was taken on the Ausable river with Whiteface Mountain in the background. This was a simple image, but one of my favorites.
This was taken on the Ausable river with Whiteface Mountain in the background. This was a simple image, but one of my favorites.
Focusing on the technical side of things only ( not thinking about composition, light, weather, etc ) you should correct:
1) Chromatic Aberration: if you look around the edges of the trees and the sky you will notice some "cyan" on the right, and purple on the left edge, that can be eliminated either by ticking the "Remove Chromatic Aberration" button in Adobe Camera RAW inside the Color tab of the Lens Correction section, or if it doesn't correct it fully or decently, you can adjust the amount and color hue with the DeFringing controls right under the Remove Chromatic Aberration checkbox within Adobe Camera RAW.
2) You've got some halo-ing ( white glow ) between the mountains and the sky.
The origin of this artifact could be any of the following:
1) Over-sharpening
2) Over-use of the "Clarity/Detail" feature
3) high ( amount ) of shadows / highlight recovery sliders
4) bad blending mask if you blended two exposures using the "exposure blending" method.
5) HDR processing
Could also be a result of a mix of the above :D
It is an unwanted thing if you're looking to perfect your photos.
Let me know if you need help with this specific photo or in general, I'll more than gladly point you to some helpful articles/guides ;-)
3) Last but not least, some advanced de-noiseing on the sky