I was really torn on the processing of this one. ; However, I actually do think it works well in black and white. ; What do you think? Clicking the picture takes you to its Flickr page (the color version is posted there).
Surprisingly, yes Figment, it does work well in B&W. ; Nicely done! ; (something about the contrast for me)
I was shocked when I did the initial black and white conversion that it even looked mildly good. ; Converting it made me able to put a little more kick in the contrast (especially in the block, which has much more detail in B&W...not that anyone will be looking at it). ; It was really cool hitting the "preview" button in photoshop. ; A lot of times an image drastically changes; for this one, a lot did change, but significant areas (the lights, obviously) were almost exactly the same. ; I am easily amused, but I found it fun.