The photo above is a black and white version of this week's Photo of the Week.  The color version can be seen by clicking here.  I like both versions of this image, which happened, as usual, by chance.  Edyta and I were walking around her city in a misty rain.  I wanted to photograph this building and we were waiting for traffic to lighten up so I could get some shots of it.  The person walking along the street was going to a funeral in the cathedral next door.  I was able to shoot one image with the person walking along the street before a large bus drove past and then the person was gone.

The image above is the interior of one of the large cathedrals we visited.  Shooting the interior like this was difficult as I was shooting handheld and it was very dark.  A high ISO and large aperture helped.  I converted this one to black and white but didn't like the results at first.  I played around with the exposure and added a slight color cast to end up with this shot, which I do like.

Finally, the above image is of a young colt and it's mother.  These are traditional Polish ponies, or Konik, and they are rare now.  Polish have a long history and strong relationship with horses.  Perhaps some of the most famous horse warriors were the Polish Hussars.    These two horses were photographed near Bialowieza.  Horses are great photo subjects but the color and thickness of their coats made these horses in particular especially appealing.