easystreets1

I typically use Photoshop CS to do post-camera work and am somewhat of a traditionalist with respect to what types of processing I'll do - I try to stick to "normal" darkroom activities such as adjusting exposure, color balance, dodging, burning, cropping, and similar. So I was a bit frustrated with the photos I shot of the Himalayas because I was photographing through a tinted aircraft window in the cockpit and there was a bit of haze. I caved in a bit and started diddling around with Lightroom this evening and found the de-haze tool and was able to sample out the brownish tint from the window based on shots I had of other mountains photographed from the rear of the plane through un-tinted windows. I also like to keep the original photo's ratio intact, but decided that an irregular crop would be OK in this case. Thus I give you Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu. Could use some more LR/PS tips, so feel free to add a few in the comments section.

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rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Well, since you asked, apply a bit of Denoising to the image. For Photoshop, consider the Nik plugins or Topaz Adjust. Adjust will take a flat image and bring out hidden colors that are present but not readily apparent.

easystreets1

Thanks! I mess with the luminance and chromatic noise tools, but noted that I had to find a balance between the desired sharpness when viewed at 1:1. Do either of those plugins do a better job and where/how do you get them?

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

Here's the NIK suite: https://nikcollection.dxo.com/

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Try selecting the sky and the foreground clouds and applying denoise to that.

It looks like you may have got as much as you're going to get from the Dehaze tool. What I find is that dehaze tends to leave the blacks a bit heavy, and if I lift the blacks I can add more dehaze. But perhaps in this case you don't need it (might be worth a try though).

R.G. Loc: Scotland

When you're sharpening, keep the Masking slider well to the right to make the sharpening edge-based. The sky and clouds will be left alone by the sharpening tool.