Just want to say that I have been checking out the posts on B&W! It is wonderful to see the images! I will post a couple later today. I have not been able to go through all the pages yet and not sure if this suggestion has been made....I don't think I can post links on here but I was reading an article from the Digital Photography School site that I get email from once a week. It is definitely worth looking at. Anyway, it just happened to have an article on B/W photography this week! One of the things it mentioned was to turn the Monochrome setting on your camera. There is a link on how to do that. It lets you see (on the live view - not through the viewfinder) what the camera sees in B/W...thus lets you see how it will actually look. A lot of times we take the photo in color and switch it over in the processing/editing of our photos. (guilty as charged! LOL) Seeing it before hand you can decide if the scene works well at all in B/W and/or if you can make a few in camera adjustments to give it more contrast.
Anyway, hope this helps some.
Catch you all later!
Sharon