Hi!
I don't shoot much scenic stuff and don't do much B&W conversion, but
here's a pano that happens to be both. Queenscliff Beach, the northern
end of Manly.
http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/beachpano.jpg
How odd. I think that the ugly apartment block actually makes the shot.
Balances well. Good work.
I concur... Without the box ;-) the eye would gently float out of the
frame never getting back ;-)... With the box, the eye stays in, return
to wonder around the waves and generally fill pleasant.
Boris