French Canyon b/w

From early May, French Canyon, Starved Rock State Park, Illinois. Converted to b/w in PS. I don't have EXIF information in front of me so I don't have all the specs, but: D700, 14-24, probably f/16. For the sake of comparison, I've also posted the color version, immediately below.

The color version...

Both nice images, but I like the reflection in the b/w. I like the back of the canyon in the color version.

Very nice image, Kerry!

I keep meaning to get to Starved Rock, and now you're compelling me even more...

Tim!

I really like this a lot, Kerry. The lines and light combine to make for a very compelling image. I prefer the BW version, because it makes the most out of the light all the way through the frame.

Great location! Nice to images from SR.

I like them both. However, I think there might be room to make the B+W have a bit better contrast and it might pop a bit more. How did you convert to B+W? Did you try any of the colored filters or the channels?

Darren:

The b/w was created using an b/w adjustment layer in PS. I spent a lot of time looking at the impacts that adjusting each color slider would have, but this was an overwhelmingly yellow-dominant image. I did what I could with additional curves adjustments to try to up the contrast, but if you have any suggestions for further improvements I'd love to hear them.

Thanks.

Kerry-

I'd maybe mask the walls and the canyon floor each as a different layer and try different filters on each.

I liked the color version better. I think the B&W would have been better with more water running over the falls.