Any clues about what's going on in the mountains right at his shoulder (camera left)?
Promontory, Utah by nbanjogal, on Flickr
My best guess is that it has to do with the Nik filter I applied in PS (no. 24, Full Contrast).
Here is the original before the conversion (not as interesting, eh?):
And a crop pre-conversion:
I noticed it after I converted it but ignored it because I liked the rest of the image too much to bother with that small detail, heh. But then Rontography asked me what was up with it, so I thought I'd see if anybody has any ideas about why it looks like that.