Marooned

You may have heard of a couple of peaks in Colorado called the Maroon Bells. It's a bit of a secret location but from time to time you might see images of them online.

Well, here is my effort to capture an original image, if that's possible, of this location. This was not taken from the typical vantage point at Maroon Lake. Regardless of how many times these mountains have been photographed I am still mesmerized by their striking profile. They have been called the Monarchs of the Rockies and it is hard to argue with the majestic nature of these peaks. This was the first time that I had seen them in person after many years of wanting to do so.

As always all honest comments and critiques are welcome.

Specs:
D700
21mm
f16; 1/80 sec
ISO 200

Processing:

Perspective control to fix leaning trees (there is still some distortion evident on the left hand side of the frame but correcting this made the Bells look bloated so I left it as is. I may revisit this later - is it a deal breaker?)

Vibrance adjustment combined with selective color to back off on the brightest greens a little after the vibrance adjustment.

Global curves adjustment for contrast.

TK's Luminosity masks for mid-tone contrast using curves.

Cropped to 4X5 format.