I’m keen on ensuring there’s a sense of distance in my landscape work, and one way to achieve that is making sure your black levels lighten as the distance increases. I achieve this by diffusing then lightening black levels selective the further in the distance an object is.

Ta!

This was back in the days of yore, which is to say, a Nikon D7000 using a Tokina 11-16 mm f2.8

Wow, yeah you’ve got to be careful with Tryfan; a good chunk of it is scrambling whilst navigating.

You are entirely correct.