hi, thanks for the input. with #1 i just caught a glimpse of it on the lcd as i was putting the camera away so i thought why not!! with #2 i was trying to get words into the photo - something i'm now trying to do with most of my urban type photography - i may try that from a different angle at a later date. #3 i took because of the contrast in shapes. - could try again with a different perspective #4 (lol) was purely an exercise in selective colouring - ok, the banner is nothing to get excited about...lol...but it was a learning process. michele, these were taken in colour on the digi and desaturated. if i was shooting film they would have been b&w.

Pictures appear to me, I shoot them.   Elliot Erwitt