oh i don't know if they mind, the pup looks like he is smiling

( cute shots btw)
"freedom"
all the gulls were sitting on the warmer pavement till a car drove up and made them move. i've been working on my b&w since i got a new book on digital conversions. they mention a number of ways they feel are "better" than the older digital conversions( ie desat) this way is the first i tried... grayscale in ( lightroom) then adjusting with the grayscale sliders.
f14, 1/400 iso 100 50mm lens .
it mentions some other stuff i never thought of like not having highly exposed area by the edges so they don't look like the paper showing through, so it they are use some edge darkening .