I’ve always loved black-and-white photography, and especially converting to black-and-white in Photoshop. (Which requires a great deal of judgment and technical skill to do right. I’m not saying I haveĀ that judgment and skill, just that I enjoyed doing it.)
Since upgrading to Win7, my old CS version of Photoshop is history, so until I upgrade to CS5 (big leap!) I’m experimenting with other tools. I think these came out pretty well, especially considering I used IrfanView to convert them! Of course, it’s always good to have a great model, especially if you don’t have a great photographer….