Original vs. Edit

[KAMurphy]

Hey!

I was wondering if I could get some constructive criticism on my edit to this photo. I'm new to photography/editing, so any advice is welcome!

Thanks in advance,

Kate

Original:
IMG_1546 by Kate Murphy, on Flickr

Edit:
Canyon with red plant by Kate Murphy, on Flickr

Can I ask what you edited it in?

If I was in lightroom, I would try the dehaze slider to remove some of the haze and then take it from there. In your edit I do like the colour you have brought out in the background landscape. Unfortunately you've brought out some mad looking purples and I quite like the subtle colour gradient you had in the sky from the original, which has been lost in the edit, but these are my tastes and at the end of the day you edit the photo to your tastes and vision.

I think designers crop is spot on as before I was admiring that amazing background and didn't even notice the person to the left of the frame, but with the crop and now see the figure and get a really good sense of scale.

It's a good start and with processing its about trial and error, also there are plenty of tutorials on youtube and different ways to process your images, just about finding the one that fits you.

Welcome the forums

Hello! Thanks for the feedback. I edited in GIMP, as I'm wanting to work with the free software for now. I'll have to look up some tutorials! And the sky in the edit looked more akin to how the sky actually was. Some of the lustrous blue had been lost in the shot, so I had tried to restore it.