Early morning Hadrian's wall

[KMRennie]

Weather forecast promised a soft, frosty and misty sunrise. 20 minutes before dawn clouds rolled in and stayed. Managed a b&w any comments? Ken

[armand]

Very nice, I love the mood!

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Really nice one!

[sdwilsonsct]

Weather forecast promised a soft, frosty and misty sunrise. 20 minutes before dawn clouds rolled in and stayed.

The sky supports the composition, good one.

[RSL]

Very nice, I love the mood!

+1

[brandtb]

Great subjects, view, framing - and the aspect ratio of frame. I'm not sure about processing is helping any of it though - especially in the mid-ground just before the trees - a bit hot there. That lightest spot typically draws the eye and it's not really so interesting that area. As well, there is a bit of dull evenness/slight choppiness to the gray tones throughout - which takes away focus.  I would look at toning that bright spot down and bringing "some" contrast/brightness to the areas of the wall/contours in the foreground - especially on the right. When first looking at this I wondered if the color version was successful?

[KMRennie]

Thanks for the comments from everyone aspecially Brandt's. Processed using Silver Efex on a laptop. I have redone it from scratch not using Silver Efex and whilst agreeing with you about the hot area being buninteresting on my second go it is slightly brighter with a bit more detail and most of the grey "veiling" has gone. I will live with this version for a day or 2 and get used to it and where it directs the eyes then re-read your comments. The colour version is incredibly flat. Lots of mist with rain in the air and a hoped for sunrise that just did not occur. This shot was 10 minutes after the supposed sunrise. Ken

[N80]

Nice work!

[Jeremy Roussak]

The reworked version is definitely an improvement.

Jeremy

[Kevin Gallagher]

 Looks like the Hound Of The Baskervilles will appear any moment (goes for either version)
 Very nicely done!!


Kevin in CT

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Excellent, although I prefer the first version as the lighter area in the mid-ground on the second version, looks a little blown out on my screen (yes Slobodan, I finally bought a new and much improved laptop), but even with my new computer, I suppose it could still be my screen rather than your image.

Dave

[KMRennie]

Went back this morning to see if the promised early morning frost and mist would give me a soft, colourful sunrise. Not soft but still worth getting up at stupid o'clock. Ken

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

That's very fine, too.
And I like your reprocessed version of the first.

[francois]

I like both the color and the B&W versions. Actually, I feel like they convey different moods with the color being more friendly/warm and the B&W colder.
Bravo!

[JNB_Rare]

I absolutely love monochromatic landscapes, but I much prefer the colour version in this particular case. In part, it is because the light is better in the colour version (IMO). In part, because I think the colour adds to creating stronger shapes, and even helps with the textures. I also prefer the shift in perspective which shows more of the rock face on the right hand side.  I think it is a very fine landscape.

[kers]

Very beautiful images! Thanks for sharing...

I still like the first one best. ( + a bit darker even better - for me that is)
The colour version is beautiful but in this case not ideal for creating the atmosphere i would choose...