Going for drama

I liked the tones and texture of these clouds at sunset but colour wasn't working for me. What are your thoughts on how this works as a complete image.

I actually find the trees distracting in this shot. The clouds are interesting and nice tonal range, but the trees break it up.

I like it but agree about the trees. when I move the image so just the top in showing with the branches in the bottom it looked neat.

but I also like the grass texture in the bottom.

the clouds are stunning. How did they look in colour?

Actually, for me, it's the area behind the line of trees. I think the trees definitely add to the drama, stark, bare, etc, but the evergreens, fence etc behind them spoil the mood.

Here's the original. Nothing done but reduced for the web.

I love the drama of the BW on the clouds but much prefer the color as it blends everything together!

I have to say..they look like ufo's!!!

It was shortly after the Weird Light photo...

I think that I'm partial to the color version of this shot. The foreground in the B&W seems too dark in contrast to the eerily white clouds. That said, the title of this post was "going for drama" which I think the B&W shot achieved.

Black and white conversion does not save a boring picture, you migght want to add some interesting foreground

It's pretty late since you posted this awhile ago and pretty likely you've improved. I think the problem with the shot is that you didn't balance out the shot enough. It is a beautiful view but if you are looking to improve constructive criticism can be good. In my opinion to balance out the shot more you would need to have less field or grass.