Exquisite light and details in the lower half. Huge impact for me with your stunning dog. The section of very white sky is worth a bit of editing IMO, so that it isn't so prominent. I'm going to pm you some thoughts.
If you are interested in doing more with b&w, check Ben Long's training video on lynda.com. One thing he stresses (as do all b&w how-to): it's all about "form, shape, texture, volume, highlight and shadow (contrast)."
lynda.com may be free through your county library system. It is in Yakima!
I also put together a page on UHH with links from older discussion/share topics you might be interested in browsing:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-page?upnum=2893One benefit to looking through those over buying books (which I strongly recommend also, even old books on film are applicable to digital black and white composition) is if the user is still active on UHH, you could contact them
Shooting in raw and using a robust editor, such as Nik Silver Efex, will give you the most control over tones and also dodging/burning to draw the viewer's eye through the image. A master of both subtle and bold light/dark tonal ranges in processing is UHH user
Graham Smith. Three of my favorites of his:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-550193-1.html#9338020https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-544092-1.html#9228560In this link, scroll to the second image:
running child (below the bridge shot):
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-529331-3.html#8994494-
Exquisite light and details in the lower half. Hug... (