Help With Toning

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I like this image and tried to play around with tones. Not sure which one works the best. Ideas welcomed. Tell me which one you like the most.
Thanks!
This is the original.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Black and white, high contrast.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I think I like this one the best, but would be happy to hear what other people think. Thanks.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jackie I'm partial to the last one since it has the selenium look but is mostly a personal feel thing !! For B&W I like the cold toning rather than warm btw LightRoom has lots of options !!!

[denise ippolito]

Jackie, As Alfred said it's a personal choice. I am not fond of the blues in B&W and I find the third post has too much blue for my taste. I tend to lean toward the sepia tones,so I'm probably not the right person to ask. But if I were to pick it would be the 2nd. maybe a tad lighter. Do like the shot w/ all the angles,and if you had presented just one -I probably wouldn't have noticed all the blue.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Jackie:

A fun image . . . if you scroll the photo and cut off parts of the top you will see focus change on the opening. I cut off down to the top of the opening to put the opening dead center. (Might even be a bit more dynamic dropping more??)

Took your original into LR2, checked grayscale, your exposure is excellent. I clicked the eye dropper in WB, and chose the average which never showed a discernable difference.

I looked at many options and I like your original the best with my slight preference crop.

Only another view.


Uncle Gus

[Gus Cobos]

Jackie,
I like the first one...:D:cool:

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Thanks for the re-work Gus, I always appreciate other ideas. Thanks for everyone's input, taste is very different and personal for everybody!