regarding #3 the only noticeable subject (the house) is predominantly composed of whites/highlights, and is very flat and lacking tonal detail in comparison to the surrounding environment – so the B&W serves to hide it – which results in no real focus for me in that photo. cropping half the width from left, and 1/4 height both top & bottom might make it more striking
Hi,
I think its key to get the house and the bridge in so as much as i like the b&w(apart from the lack of detail as already said in the house) it can’t really win out. I like the first but the foreground is messy (as said) and the house looks distorted which is a shame. the house looks undistorted in no.2. i like the crop idea to remove the bushes.
if there was any other angle you could get to narrow the distance from house to bridge, to compress with a zoom to get them both nearer together. maybe from the other side of the river? all in all though they are nice shots. maybe gausian blur the foreground and bits around the sides?