Different Processing / Fall Color

I was trying to give the pictures a "late fall" look but perhaps the exposure levels are abit too much. What do you think?

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For some reason the first two seem to work much better when still in raw and larger... not sure why they take such a hit when converting to jpg compared to other photos

First one is my favourite.

The composition is fairly tight for the first image, though it looks like you're about 5 1/2 - 6' tall. I'd love to see this image from a different height - a bit lower would benefit the picture in my mind, to draw more attention to the road (as it is the subject, right?). Also, saturation has taken a huge hit in the PP - it's looking a little sickly, give it some color!

Last gripe - the sky; once you've started looking at the skyline and the contrast of the sky and the land I find it kind of distracting -- like I'm trying to figure out why it looks like a post apocalyptic dawn instead of being drawn into the image.

Where was this taken?

Thanks. The originals look very different... are colorful and all that good stuff. I was just trying some different pp and it doesn't sound like it worked I'd normally process closer to this

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It didn't "not" work, but I think you took it a step too far. Mind posting the original? I'd like to see it if possible.

sure, I edited the post right above yours. It's not original but just sharpened/saturated. I was trying to cut down on the overexposed hill while adding some depth... next time