Teasels 3

I'm working on improving my B&W conversions, and would very much

appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or pointers you could give me. This

one was made using Lightroom 6.

It's a strong photo in which the black and white helps capture what the subject has to offer. The lighting helps convey a lot and the softness of the background (and its darkness) provides an astute contrast. Because of the sharpness of the "tentacles," I think there could also be an effectively more aggressive or assertive photographic stance taken here, most probably through angle/perspective/composition, something more involving or even confrontational than observational.

Thanks, Fred! That conjures up in my mind several approaches that had never occurred to me, and I'll head back out to the location with those images in mind (probably this afternoon or tomorrow). One of my uncertainties with this particular photo was whether the distant teasel distracts from or adds to the overall effect. I needed something up there for balance, hence the angle of view, but I wonder if I should have reduced the depth of field a bit more or placed the second teasel slightly farther to the left. In retrospect, I might also have left a bit more room on the bottom of the frame to give more of a view of the nearest tentacles (I love that term for these--I can now envision them moving).

And thanks, Jack! I've been working hard recently to try to get my B&W editing to a point where I can get the image closer to what I'm seeing in my mind, as well as to open up the possibilities for an image by broadening what I see in my mind. I'm definitely not there yet, but I'm having a lot of fun struggling to climb up the learning curve. Your and Fred's takes on the image are exactly the kind of feedback I'm needing--thanks!