Borakphoto Assignment: Black and White

I've been a fan and thus following Borakphoto for a while now. Borakphoto is blog at Fotopages.com organised by a group of people very enthusiastic about photography. Borakphoto is the place where the group displays choice works, links to other members and set assignments for the group to take part in (complete with due dates). The photos would then be critiqued by other members.

There are many reasons why I really like Borakphoto:

1. Most of the members (if not all) are extremely creative and talented. EXTREMELY. Especially considering their age.
2. Some members even use point-and-shoot i.e. you don't necessarily have to have expensive equiptment to get something out of Borakphoto.
3. I really like the assignments. The assignments so far has been extremely varied: action figurines, "Merdeka", insects, and the current one is black & white photography.
4. Some members even put up tips and links for further study suitable for the current assignment.

What I like about working on the assignment is that it really gets my rusty brain turning; trying to think of what to submit AND the assignment made me read up and do background research on the subject. The assignment this time is open to public, so if you're interested to submit your work! Above is mine (unfortunately I probably don't have anything better) .

This is my second effort:

PS

1. Sorry for my current photography fever ......
2. I discovered Borakphoto through Izhal's blog :) Thanks Izhal!
3. I am NOT putting a link to borakphoto here ... it's somewhere on this cluttered blog, try and find (or Google) it.
   
4. I'm not putting a link to my Fotopage just yet ..................
5. Top most photo was GIMPed from this one:

spot the difference ;)