Light, Shadow, and Texture Part II

About a year ago I was working on a series of photos for a client and recently began working on a few additions and wanted to post these for critique. I'd appreciate any input you may have.

Here is the link to my earlier post:

Light, Shadow, and Texture

#2

#3

#4

I really love #2. These are all very well done, but that one I can see hanging just about anywhere. It is calming and the layers seem unending. The more you look, the more my eye gets confused about what is in front and what is behind, which is perfect!! A beautiful original series with excellent additions!

I very much so like them all, and I don't find one better than any other.. Very nice and I like the processing!!! Inspiration! Thanks

I like the entire set. Very nice tonal ranges.
#2 and #4 are my favorites, probably because they are visually less cluttered.

Very nice set Scott.

Such a visual treat.
Joe Rogers

That is some SWEET toning! Love everyone of them!

Awesome set Scott. Great work on the conversion to monochrome and the toning. Thanks for sharing.

Scott, I am liking 2&4 the most with their smoother lines and curves. With those two, you might see if you like adding some midtone contrast to enhance the fine lines in the walls, and setting the white point brighter. With #3, maybe crop off the bottom-most rocks at the bottom. The lightbeam looks nice in the toned monochrome.

I really like the tonal range and the variety of textures in #1. All are nice but that's my favorite. A really nice series, Scott. Thanks for sharing.

The toning and the detail are outstanding Scott, what a nice change from Death by Saturation, lol.

OK, I have to ask this question at the risk of sounding like a total noob/gearhead: what lens gave you that insane detail??

Paul, I see you're burning the midnight oil too. For #1, 3, and 4 I used a Canon 1DsII and a 17-40L lens. For #2 I used a Canon 1Ds III and the same 17-40L lens.

Thanks for the comment about the "Death by saturation", that was one of the reasons I chose the toning, it seems all the shading, detail and texture get overshadowed and lost by the great color you get form this place, so I wanted to try to highlight some other aspects of the canyon.

Thank you all for your comments so far. Doug, thanks for your comment about increasing the mid tone contrast on those images, I actually did have an earlier version of both that had more contrast, but backed off for these images, I might need to try another version more in the middle ground of the two versions.

Very nice series of images Scott. Hard for me to choose a favorite. I think if I had to, it would be #3 or #4. Nice processing on these.

I like all these images a great deal, but would probably pick number 3 as the most unusual and intriguing because of the diagonal shaft of light. Well done!

Beautiful toning, love the effect! No clear cut favorite for me because they are all great!

B&W images from this place can be tricky, but your compositions and perfect choice of toning really makes all of these stand out above the rest. I like 'em all, and I like Doug's suggestion of cropping #3 to just above the rock in the lower right corner. Well done, Scott!

I can't even tell you how much I like these...I would hang them on my wall any day! I think these are you VERY BEST... 2nd one is jaw dropping beauty!

They look great, Scott--love the tones! My fav is #1.