Can someone edit this...some pointers

Dragster3 · Jul 25, 2017

this is the best pic I could get of the "Inca Man" he's looking up. I dont really know color editing, just starting out, only did B&W like 20 years ago. Some pointers...Thanks in advance.

dxqcanada · Jul 25, 2017

What software do you have ?

Dragster3 · Jul 25, 2017

Lightroom 6

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dxqcanada · Jul 25, 2017

Did you shoot that as JPEG ?
Those clouds are very blown out, is this the original before processing ?

Dragster3 · Jul 25, 2017

yeah, nothing done, its a jpeg

dxqcanada · Jul 25, 2017

Ah, too bad it was not raw could have possibly could do something about the clouds ... but there is nothing there except pure white.
The rest is workable but not easy to work with the entire shot.

Dragster3 · Jul 25, 2017

A lot of my pics from Peru have the clouds blown out, IDK why...I wish I would have done some research before the trip, I would have shot every thing in RAW, I've never done any digital photography, and I borrowed a camera for this trip. But now I got the itch and I bought a used d5000 and learning...slowly...LOL

Dragster3 · Jul 25, 2017

you see the face right?

Designer · Jul 25, 2017

What, exactly, do you want done with it? The cloud is rather unfortunate, but just a general touch-up is probably as good as you can do with it.

dxqcanada · Jul 25, 2017

You might want to add this preset: Prolost Dehaze

Played with some dehaze, upped contrast, played with the blacks, and pumped up the highlights so the clouds just become a white thing ... though I still don't like it.