Big sky

[Cocateho]

A rough sketch of an idea, supposed to be Wyoming, Montana, or the like... sky and mountains could use a little work I think. C&C welcome.

[Kadri]

Good start.
Have you looked at your image at a different monitor? It looks a little too bright to me.

[archonforest]

Agree with Kadri about the brightness.
Otherwise overall I like the composition and the scene. Good job!

[Cocateho]

Little update. It doesn't seem overly bright to me? Is it looking washed out to you guys?

[archonforest]

A bit but I think u also have too much red in the overall picture. I would remove also some red in PS or something. The sky and the mountains looks better with less red and bit more blue IMHO.

[Cocateho]

Played around with it a bit, seems an improvement to my eyes.

[Cocateho]

Small crop with some more additions...

[Cocateho]

Not sure if this is final or not, can't think of anything else to do...

[DocCharly65]

Looks very good!

could you try some variations with the tree turned around? I think it looks a bit strange because the two branches at the botttom of it seem to be one very thick branch.

But anyway very impressive view!

[Cocateho]

So I decided to go in an altogether different direction... Still needs refinement.

[Cocateho]

Couldn't resist the temptation to transition the seasons...

[AP]

I like what where this is going. I would increase the large scale noise on the clouds more and it might look neat to add some shore sands along the stream.

[DocCharly65]

Oh yes! very good direction! 

[Cocateho]

Thanks! So I changed the trees a bit to look more like an aspen thicket and made the bank sandier.

[Cocateho]

Almost final... I think. Small version.