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[Grumpy John]

Sometimes when the the lighting is not so great B & W is the only option.

[Toddyh]

Works well here John. Nice border too.

[Isac]

Yeah, I like that John. I think you can (on most occasions) do something creative with shots you think are not up to scratch. Good job.

[Grumpy John]

Thank you both so much for your kind words. Shooting in to the sun, combined with the glare off the water I was never going to be able to recover detail from the shadows, so I thought B/W would work. Photoshop CS6 and Nic Silver Efex Pro 2 to the rescue.

Original image, no processing., uncropped.

[Isac]

I think the original is pretty good as is GJ. I reckon you did well with the light as it was. Good stuff.

[Grumpy John]

Looking at it again, you're right, it's not too bad considering the light. We can be our hardest critics at times.

[Grumpy John]

I redid the image in the original post as it was quite obvious where I had cloned out some reeds. A slightly different crop eliminating the reeds altogether.

[Toddyh]

That's a better edit John. Well done.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Toddy. It was only when I was having a real close look that I noticed the ugly cloning in the bottom L/H corner.