Mountain.

[Erithacus]

It was shot in the afternoon in harsh lighting condition.
I had no choice because I was a tourist. Any thoughts on compo and conversion?

[llewpics]

There are probably better times to shoot this (as you suggested yourself) - but I think within what was done ...I would crop a bit off the bottom ...and bring some detail back into the shadows, if possible.

[Erithacus]

As suggested.

[llewpics]

I like the last edit a little better - thanks for posting it again!

[GB1]

I don't see hardly any difference between the two (?) Decent shot, but I wonder if the geometry is strong enough for the black and white adaption. B&W needs those strong shapes. This one has a lot of neat little mountains in the background, and interesting sloped mountain in the top left, but I am still struggling to understand what I should be looking at, the ol where's the subject clique I'm afraid.

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[Erithacus]

I don't see hardly any difference between the two (?) Decent shot, but I wonder if the geometry is strong enough for the black and white adaption. B&W needs those strong shapes. This one has a lot of neat little mountains in the background, and interesting sloped mountain in the top left, but I am still struggling to understand what I should be looking at, the ol where's the subject clique I'm afraid.

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Any suggestions how to improve on it?

[bootsydan]

I think you did a great job balancing the lighting conditions. Good stuff!

[GB1]

Any suggestions how to improve on it?

Not sure, think you did OK given the angle and what was available. You can't really change the geometry w/o moving to a completely new position. Perhaps color would have made it a different photo, too, though I think the black and white makes it rugged-looking.