So this one got some more than just the usual 'adjust contrast, desaturate, increase vibrance' treatment. After seeing what someone made of my fog post with some local contrast etc, I thought I'd experiment a bit. So I first did some work on the overall picture, toning down highlights, increasing ambiance, desaturating and setting the white balance a bit further to the cold side.
But then I added some extra darkening to the shadows of the road to increase its local contrast and lit up the shadowy regions of the mountains. Somehow that makes the image work a lot better now imho.
Nice work, glad you liked the results!
This is a pretty cool scene, did you use your drone for the shot again?
Sorry, was busy with work. Yes, shot again on the drone. Was the highest I've ever flown, above 3000m... It's in a Ski-resort in the Dolomites.
Also thank you so much for the inspiration with the regional contrast on the other image :) that was the motivation to try out here
No problem, glad you got a kick out of it. Epic scene.