Ruby Beach, WA In B&W

Cloudy cool Oct day on Ruby Beach, WA. Color wasn't working so gave B&W a shot. any feedback, CC appreciated.
Thanks for looking
Ray Still

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I must make a trip to Washington State, the scenery there is just exceptional.

The only upsetting thing I'm seeing on my monitor is a white outline around the subject mountains, otherwise, I think the b&w rescue turned out very well.

I'm a very newbie and can't comment on the technical aspects, but I can tell you I like how your composition causes my eye to travel through your picture, and I like the contrast of the clarity of your foreground as opposed to the misty-ness (is that a word?) of the distant rocks -- and the shadow on the beach in the foreground is cool -- lends drama to the scene.

Ray, I really love this one. Very appealing to me. As for improvement, maybe a smaller aperture to get more in focus? Also a technique that I came across recently to get more of your shot in focus, if so one wishes, is called hyper focal focusing or something like that. i haven't understood it yet but reading about it more and more. basically this technique insures that the majority of your shot is in perfect focus if one is after the really deep depth of field that is common to landscape photography.

I personally like this one as is. nice dramatic skies, very nice black and white tone. great composition and lighting.