Thanks Shane. In fact it has been corrected for contrast. The haziness that you see is not the normal digital low contrast, but rather the smoke in the air. When I tried to increase the contrast further, I lost the detail in the sky.
"What other reason could there be to get up in the morning except to set ourselves free."
If my comment on your work ever seems to criticise, it does not. It is always so that we may learn together.
awesome pic! I've always seen moutains as something to prove us that mother nature still high above us , and always will , and also as a symbol of power .