dsmeltz wrote:
As displayed, I rather like the color version. It has more interest with greater change going from foreground to background. The B&W does not have the same appeal for me as is. However, the B&W, if cropped to a wider aspect ratio eliminating the ground before the water, makes a more interesting B&W composition.
Thank you for giving me your thoughts. As I said, I only just made the b/w, and it clearly didn’t survive the processing I have become accustomed to using, but that aside I tried what you suggested. I can see what you mean. I went back to the original jpeg and produced a clean version, but which has much less impact. I’m no longer as enthusiastic with it. Just too fragile to push around much. At the time CF cards were still pretty pricey. My excuse for forgoing raw on that trip.