[quote]I haven't seen many mountains at dawn, but I wanna make the light extreme, so wouldn't I keep the really dark values on the closest side of the mountain, and just lighten the regions on the edge of the mountain and add more rim lighting?[/quote] Yes but the darkest darks of the mountain need to be lighter than the darkest darks in the foreground because that mountain is still far away and there's atmosphere in between the picture plane and the mountain. Plus at dawn there is a lot more haze/fog/mist hanging around than usual.
I see what your saying that the changes I made makes it look more like mid day. What you could do is keep the sky as dark as you have it but lighten it more where you have the sun. And make the rim lighting more extreme too.
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Yes but the darkest darks of the mountain need to be lighter than the darkest darks in the foreground because that mountain is still far away and there's atmosphere in between the picture plane and the mountain. Plus at dawn there is a lot more haze/fog/mist hanging around than usual.
I see what your saying that the changes I made makes it look more like mid day. What you could do is keep the sky as dark as you have it but lighten it more where you have the sun. And make the rim lighting more extreme too.