my 2. i'm a bit of a contrast freak myself.... the color version was done in Lab, the b&w was converted from Lab, and the weird one was done using a gradient map. All images have been sharpened and a magic contrast technique was applied to bring out the dew. BTW, if you havent used gradient mapping give it a shot. Its defintely the most interesting way to make a duotone, as it much more understandable and gives you easily controllable results. Duotone mode is great when you have to go on press, but it blows for just laying down color on an image.