B&W Skater - Conversions

silvio000

Yesterday i took some shots of a skater and then decided to play with B&W conversions on Nik Silver Efex.

Besides from the usual and most needed critique, can you tell me what kind of B&W processing is more appealing.
#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


Thanks for looking,

Sílvio Oliveira
www.silviooliveira.net

johng

My thoughts are: get closer and get lower - there isn't a lot of height in these stunts, so being closer will increase the angle. The conversion is good, but the action itself lacks much punch because of the perspective.

silvio000

Closer, Lower. Got it. Will try it for sure :-) Thanks for taking the time.

Sílvio

TonyCooper

Commenting strictly on the conversion, #4 works best for me.

While I try for the blacks to be black most of the time, you can
lose the subject if the image is too dark.

silvio000

Thanks for taking the time for looking at a sports noob photog ;-)

I also try to keep blacks as black as possible, but since i'm not used to work with sport photography, that's why i asked you guys opinion.