Balck and white

Hi All,

My first real attempt at taking a 'true' b&w picture with the K200. By 'true' I mean going out witht the intent of shooting black and white images, rather than changing a pic from colour to black and white to see if it was any better.

First one, caught my eye because of the random curves of the plant against the uniformity of the man made church

K200D
1/125 F8 ISO100
18-55 Kit lens at 35mm
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/Black-and-white-plant-web-res.jpg[/IMG]

I liked the ruggedness of the steps
K200D
1/15 (SR on)F4.5 ISO100
18-55 Kit lens at 35mm
[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/Black--white-steps-web--res.jpg[/IMG]

Opinions on all aspects please, Subject conversion framing etc.

Regards
PaulM