Following Stan's Dunes

Stan posted some simply sublime Dune Shots, and the Abstracts were mind blowing. Here are my feeble attempts.
#1 http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Natural-Abstracts-1/7455839_zwFpX#480959158_A4aon-XL-LB
#2http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Natural-Abstracts-1/7455839_zwFpX#480959620_8L23m-XL-LB
#3http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Natural-Abstracts-1/7455839_zwFpX#921853504_gPU33-XL-LB
#4http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Natural-Abstracts-1/7455839_zwFpX#927240667_2HE5p-X2-LB
#5http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Monochromes-II-1/5739879_7LAGx#465322067_iPvjQ-XL-LB
#6http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Monochromes-II-1/5739879_7LAGx#477422123_WR6fa-XL-LB

While I'm at it I want to share my favorite Student's Work. Rebecca my wife. I am so Proud of her talent and ability!
#R1http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Rebeccas-Nature-Photography/12782751_D8PwY#921320259_5WX6t-XL-LB
#R2http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Rebeccas-Nature-Photography/12782751_D8PwY#921845879_pSzGH-XL-LB
#R3http://naturephotographynaturall.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Photography/Rebeccas-Nature-Photography/12782751_D8PwY#921311808_tyvAV-X2-LB

Fixy Fixy.

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3 and 5 for me, though I think the B&W's could use a little more oomph in the tonality department. Very nice!

Some beautiful B&W conversions there James. What did you use to do the conversion?

Awesome set, James! Theyre all good, but for me 3 & 8 stand out as exceptional.

I, with Stan. Excellent work from there, and I also like 3 and 8.

I like the composition and textures in #3.

Thanks 3's 7, 8 &9 are my wife's images and the first 7 are mine. I use NIK B/W Conversion in my NIK Pro Sharpener set of filters in CS4