a few b&w's

here are a few shots from my recent trip up to colorado... much more to come as i finish them! give me a brutal critique!!

#1

Number 2 is good, I don't like the other one's very much. The first one looks over processed. Number 3 I'm not sure what to make of the ground and 4's white part is very distracting.

I do like number 2, like I said.

#1. there's a halo around the mountains and sky, but the rest of it looks good
#2. kinda cool because of the cloud formation
#3. I'm not sure what going with the leaves (??)
#4. looks odd at first because the mountains seems to be upside down. then I realized it's probably a reflection.

#1 for me.the last one just needs to be rotated

Hi Big - beautiful area... reminds me of when I was in the Tetons a few years back.

#1 looks like it was shot about mid day which is too bad from a lighting standpoint for my tastes. The composition is good, but the shadows are not at enough of an angle that would make the scene more interesting. It looks like you cranked the sharpenning/contrast a bit much too. The halo at the sky/treeline is very distracting.

It took me a while to figure out #4 - first thought I was looking through a stone arch.

#3 - I like the tree bark texture and the grey tones you were able to retain, and I would have liked to have seen more shadow detail in the darker area. Perhaps an exposure adjustment layer could have brought that out. The bright swirling mass on the right seems out of place and detracts from the photo. I don't want to hijack the thread, but here's an example of pulling shadow detail out of the depths with some layer adjustment:

http://www.pbase.com/s​apearl/image/99080166

- Stu

Curios why did you go with B&W on these? Specially on the First and Last photos.

I'm glad most of yall liked the second one! the third one was a long exposure on a windy day, the fourth one i rotated the way i did because i liked the way the sky formed the shape of a mountain. here is my re-try on number one: