My rendition of a beautiful photo.
I haven't done much PP of late, thought I'd give it a try. Beautiful picture, I'm going to have to get out more.
I used Topaz Styles to get some color shift, increased saturation and structure.
Retry, converted to b&w and mask areas and set colors.
I agree, a lot to be learned. I believe it might be best to just go with black and white. That would solve the color problems. You could then mask areas and color them after all the photo is restored.
Yes it does, I think part of my problem was finding areas to copy from to get the pattern to have some consistency. I tried to reduce some colors in certain areas and it just got away from me.
I took a try, good practice
My rendition: Heavy tone mapping and a lot of dodge and burn.
A try at making a beautiful photo artistic.
Great location and photo. I'm afraid I always lean to the dark and melancholy side, that's me. I really like all the photos and their post processing.
I added a little light to your photo.
Tried to put it back in the water.