This mornings photo - trees and fog

We had a nice foggy morning here so I headed out to Tuttle Creek Lake to try and get some shots.

Conditions were almost monochrome where I was shooting so I went ahead and converted this shot to black and white.

Here is the color version. Does the BW work for you?

I love the black and white. Killer image Scott

Yeah, I agree, love the black and white. Did you take a look at mapping the greens and yellows of the leafed out trees to a darker tone? I don't know if it would work, but I thought it might be worth a look to see if you could get a little more tonal separation between the background foliage and the fog.

Thanks guys!

Randy: I did a little bit of work with different tones trying to bring out the background foliage, but I think I'm going to try and do some more, thanks for the suggestion!

BW is better. Glad you were out there and thanks for posting.
the fisch

love the black and white - awesome capture of an awesome scene.

I really like the black and white version, looks great.

OK, I'll be the odd duck here and say that I like the color version a little more. When I first looked at the B/W, the forested area in the UL resembled cumulus clouds, and I was a bit confused until I saw the color version. Nice work either way, Scott.

Both are very strong Scott, I lean to the b/w and I am a color image fan mostly. I love the tree and fog though.

Although I like both versions, I'm joining Bill in liking the color version just a wee bit more.

Thanks for the comments everyone. Wish I had gotten out there earlier on that morning when the fog was thicker.

Hands down I like the b/w version. Extremely well framed image Scott. Congrats on a real beauty!

I like the B/W a lot. It would make a great print. Good job Scott.

Monochrome gets my vote.

Definitely the B/W version. I love the composition and the foliage peeking out from the fog in the ULC. This is a very graphic photo and almost looks like a painting. Great work