black and white images

I have been experimenting with converting some of the photographs of historical sites on my travels into black and white - with a view to getting them printed out as A4's later on.
The process involved in obtaining an acceptable image is somewhat more complex than I imagined, although I I well aware that the powerful black and white photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries took hours of work in the darkroom.

Below: The New Zealand Wars Memorial in Normanby (previously Waihi), South Taranaki:


Below: a memorial statue in the Heads Road cemetery, Wanganui:


Below: the statue in Motua Gardens, Wanganui:


Below: the Lion Memorial on the Sarjent Gallery steps, Wanganui:


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