Long View 2

Bill,

This is excellent!  I think I might enjoy this even more than your previous #1 color version from this location.  For me, the graphic element and composition really stand out.  And so with the b&w, it's less about the light - like in the previous version, and more about the contrasts, shapes and graphics.  From the smaller thumbnail, this looked like an image that portrayed 3 "peaks" yet these are essentially just foothill peaks.

I suppose one could play  around with overall and/or selective contrast adjustments, but I thinks this works very well as presented.

My only nit/suggestion would be to clone to remove the very small spit of sky at the top.  Cropping won't work cause that messes with the left hand "peak."  I think some creative fill to remove the bits of sky could work.  But then, that might not be where you're willing to go.  It's a minor thought anyway.

I like this a lot.

Lon
 

Lon said exactly what I was about to say! I like this a lot, very much my kind of image. I totally agree about the patch of sky. Excellent conversion and presentation, the sort of high key look really works for me. Wonderful depth to the image, too. Sweet!

Really nice, Bill.  I agree that filling in the breaks on the background ridge line is a good suggestion.  I'm not sure how you did the conversion, but it looks very good.  I would try to get some tonal separation between the mid and background mountains.  The depth is there, it just needs a little coaxing.  Perhaps burning it slightly and adding just a smidge of clarity.  Also, the foreground ridge line has a slight halo, which is probably due more to web compression than anything else.  These are just suggestions to make very slight improvements, the image is fine as presented.

Fine image making good use of the shapes and the light, Bill. Lon, Harley, and Gary made some good tweak type suggestions.

This works for me, Bill. The soft tones look good to me. I agree with Lon about cloning out that bit of sky. I really like the band of sunlight hitting the slopes. The large version looks best.
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I agree with the suggestions about the patch of sky up top. It's a bit hidden by your watermark but the very near black trees at the bottom edge might also be a distraction in a print so I would look at eliminating those in some manner.

This definitely has to be seen large to be fully appreciated.  I agree about cloning the sky, plus it will be so easy.  In the small size, my eyes are drawn to the FG diagonals but in the large version my eyes play almost exclusively in the distant trees, which are beautifully rendered in B&W.  One of your finest, Bill.  You need to play with B&W more often.

Nice Vs of various tones.  If you are open to cloning, maybe rid the lighter thin spot along the top edge, and also the road on the upper right ridgeline.