Thanks for taking us PYPT attendees down this romp of #crappycameraphotos — which was quite interesting! I clearly remember my first-ever digital camera, sometime back in the early 2000s, which had a whopping 2.1 megapixels, which was a lot at the time! So, reading your other {linked) post about the cameras and then this one brought back memories! You did a good job at processing that photo, and you are correct that layering would help, as the tree-line definitely needs different processing than the sky/clouds!

Oddly, I remember a movement a decade (or more) ago where people were intentionally buying older cameras and turning those "lo-fi" photos into unique artworks. Do a search for "Lomography" online if you want to read more about it and see some of the quirky photos!