This pair was an unexpected surprise while I was setting up for a sunset shot at this location - I had almost no time to frame the shot and was fortunate that I was already exposed correctly.
The grayscale conversion was tricky. The water and the sky are primarly based on the blue channel to reduce the impact of the sun and remove a lense flare. The rocks are mostly red channel to increase contrast from the reflections. I found setting up the layer masks to do this difficult and I'm not sure I achieved exactly what I had in mind.
I can't decide whether the rocky area to the left adds some interesting contrast or whether it serves as a distraction. There's still a fair amount of detail in the rock, but I'm guessing it will look overly black on some monitors.
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If the camera was sung about 25 degree to the right I would like this much more. I like the idea behind it, the color is nice, but the big shadow to the left just overpowers everything else.
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