B&W, Color, or none of the above?

[PrevailingConditions]

Any thoughts on these shots?

Thanks,

PC

[Frog]

black and white in this case

[DrRoebuck]

Agreed B+W. For some reason the blown highlights in the sky are less apparent.

[AgingEyes]

B&W.

BTW, what you gonna show us for "none of the above"?

[MB1]

They are both nice in their own ways, I tend to lean towards the color version but the horizon seems tilted to the left in both.

[readingr]

B&W for me, but I like both - nice shots, Is it me or is the tilt an optical illusion, not sure. I like how the downward slope leans into the corner of the picture taking your eye to the right and then bounces back off the hills in the foreground to the left and up to the clouds above the tree.

Nice shot.

[PrevailingConditions]

Thanks for the feedback. I think the tilt is more optical illusion than anything. I was keying off the valley floor there in the middle. Those bright horizontal lines are water and I'm pretty sure they're level.

PC

[photoheretic]

Black and white for me..or maybe some variation thereof. I think it's too bad the housing is in the center though it's not completely unattractive. I think that's one reason it works better in b&w, they don't stand out as much. From looking at the tree it looks almost a bit oversharpened to my eyes. Nice composition btw, good eye.