...when I fool with grayscale images, I use normal RGB-image, and simply adjust saturation to -100. You can use any filters you want, ex. that lens flare, and again, adjust saturation to -100. It's easier, and you can have b&w layers and color layers in same pic. Of course the final image is grayscale, but before that, just playing with saturation. .n oh, btw, nice pic.