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high altitude, early morning (28)
noborders Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1601 W: 60 N: 3237] (13441)
About the quality of the photo : I know this is a terrible scan (from the print of an old slide - worked on it months ago and tried to correct minute details locally this morning - will never be entirely satisfied).
I have a question too : please, have a look too at the WS that I added today to a previous photo of the same lake : before re-posting it, I'd like to know if you see something that could be changed on that one !

About the subject : for a change, a landscape that is close to my heart : lake Song Kol is a little gem, part of a natural park but populated in the summer by semi-nomad villagers who come with their herds to graze along the lake. Not a single building around, except for an old small shack for fishermen, otherwise only "yurts" around there.

At above 3500m high, it is desolated after mid Oct. as I could see another year.
Edelweiss (FG on the left)grow there in quantities, that same morning we met an "edelweiss eater" who was forcing his sheep into the terribly cold water (photo another day)...
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noborders Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1601 W: 60 N: 3237] (13441)
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Edited by:feather Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 7851 W: 334 N: 11976] (41686)
I think the reason the clouds are pink is because the whole image has a magenta colour cast. All I did was click auto colour and it did it for me. If that doesn't work on your program use colour balance and play about with the sliders. There is also a lot of noise in the image, so I reduced that on the sky and reflections only. I use Dfine but you could try it with your program. The easiest way would be to do the whole image on a layer and then erase the bits that become too soft. Hope this helps
Kath