Cynicor wrote:
I've always worked in color, but I gave some B&W conversion a try today.
Are these decent at all or are they just snapshots without color? (4 pix.)

http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/1401859/
My 2c worth:
http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/1401859/1/66329135
really works for me in B&W. For printing, maybe some PP to bring up
shadow detail in the trunk.
The others, IMHO may be better in colour.
I am assumimg from Exif data that you used a w/a zoom lens at 11mm for
the above shot. A suggestion is not to use this lens at less than f8,
as there is considerable softness, particularly away from centre-frame
at wider settings accentuated towards the edges at this focal length.
There are only two lenses AFAIK that you could have used - which one was it?