B&W Boats

[elGrandeAdi]

Hi DPS-ers. I'm new here. This is my first post. I just got a Canon G9 and am playing around with new and old shots.

Going through some of my random travel shots, I thought this shot might make a good B&W images.

For the first B&W, I just used Photoshop to desaturate and then adjusted the curves, levels and contrast/brightness. After that I created a vignette through a levels layer mask.

For the second B&W, I flattened the first one and then created an Orton Effect with layers in Photoshop.

My gf and I disagree on which one looks better. What do you think? And what would you do different?

Thanks for your comments.
Adrian
My Travel Website with plenty of non-professional pictures.

[cyber3d]

Hmmm, needs to have sharper focus and I'd crop the landing off.