Thank you all for your encouraging comments and warm welcome. I am looking forward to future challenges and even more so to learning from others here.

Very striking perspective and dramatic sky, perfect for B&W. Nicely done and welcome!

Welcome, Eric! Perhaps you're new to photography but this shot proves you have "the eye"... the most important thing to have for this! Excellent b&w conversion here too!

This works really well. Impressive shot.

As Brent said you must have an eye for it as the picys you have posted would be contenders in any of our challenges. I hope you stick with it & we will follow your progress wiv interest. Welcome Eric.

This is a wonderful image Eric that shows you definitely have some talent. Please stick with is for the coming challenges. We'd love to have you and challenges are a great way to learn and keep motivated.

My eyes go back and forth between the windmill and the clouds ... a great balance and good leading line up the leg.

Great perspective and very nice black and white. I hope you stick with this (us, photography, etc) as you obviously have an eye for it.

Terrific sky, great point of view and conversion Eric!. Let me suggest you forget any intimidation feeling and keep joining these challenges. There is much to get from them (and obviously I donīt talk about prizes). Daniel.

Thank you Rod. I'll be honest, I was hesitant to upload any pics as I am very new to photography and felt quite intimidated by the fantastic photography from others here. I can see from the many photos on this site that there are some very talented people out there. I'm hoping to learn a lot from the folks on this site.

Very nice picy & conversion Eric, well done mate.