rsk7 wrote:
spoupard wrote
. I would be interested in your opinions. Is the second one too dramatic/contrasty? I like contrasty BW but to my taste it is a bit too dark in the darks. I'd try to lighten them up a touch so there is a bit more detail since from the original image I can tell that the detail is there to be had.
Thanks, rsk7. I don't want to post a bunch of variations of my photo so I won't post the change you suggested, but I agree that it definitely helps. I didn't add a great deal of detail, but I did lift the shadows enough to show some of the detail under the pier.
Thanks for your input!