Bromptons Cemetery, London - B&W

[Oxygen]

Established by Act of Parliament, it opened in 1840 and was originally known as the West of London and Westminster Cemetery.

The cemetery was opened as part of an initiative in the mid-19th century to provide seven large, modern cemeteries (sometimes called the 'Magnificent Seven') in a ring around the edge of London.

While the cemetery is still open for occasional new burials, today more people use it as a public park than as a place for mourning the dead. (source: Wikipedia)

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C&C welcome... in particular the PP on these.
Nathan

[rh1944]

#2 seems the most atmospheric to me. I am not so keen on #3 and the colour/ non colour technique. #1 and #4 are very atmospheric but not quite as much as #1.

[Andysnap]

No 1 for me I like the sky behind it.

Andy

[Oxygen]

Thanks for the comments guys, I am trying out de-saturating the colour channels to turn them to B&W as apposed to a straight Mono conversion in Lightroom. I find that it gives better control of the tones and you can adjust luminance for fine detail... any advice on a better technique would be appreciated as they still lack that "punch" I am after in my mind.

I like no 4 personally, although it looks a little dark on my work monitor so may have a re-edit.

[Mr Bing]

i like number 3 great colours

[Pirate Neilsouth]

i like number 3 great colours

Yeh , me too