I visited this nearby river today after a severe thunderstorm and pretty serious rainfall episode. Often this river overflows the crossing in a dramatic fashion after such an event making for an interesting photo. However, not today. So, I was content taking this image. Very subdued lighting giving a more even look to all the elements.

Making use of the B&W conversions available today. When I took this photo, I looked at the scene as a B&W image. The darkness of the river which split the two sides of the bank, the brightness of the sandy shore adjacent plus the highlighted plants either side of the river. In addition, I’m a bit of a sucker for detail, so I don’t want to do a conversion that makes the detail disappear.. The plants on the left also don’t appear quite as clearly as they did seeing them - they kind of merge. So, there are some compromises you need to accept. One thing I avoid in the conversion process is to use the same conversion style for all B&W images. There are sufficient angles in the scene though to give it some life - and mainly diagonals.