Stand of Birch & rework

Thanks so much @Alex_Noriega and @Lon_Overacker . Yeah, I would have liked to get up closer but this was the closest I could get and farthest I could put the lens out. Funny, though, that both you and @Lon_Overacker mentioned a closer crop which is what I had originally done….

But then went back to a looser crop. What do you think? Also actually I’ve posted this same stand of trees previously but way more ICMish….

curious what your thoughts are?

Lastly, I’ve tried so many ways to do this in b&w as you both mentioned, but I’m not sure I’m doing it right and I have no problem @Lon_Overacker if you want to show me what you did. I’m so bad at post processing! Maybe not bad but there’s so many ways it could go and I have no confidence in my abilities with it!