Thank you, Mark J. I don't participate in the challenges often. And I'm not particularly a big fan of monochrome (we see in color, and I prefer to keep my images that way, too). Still, I enjoyed the spirit in which this particular challenge was discussed and set up. So... here it is. Thank you for the encouragement.
Very creative of you, Ulysses. The figures do in fact look as though they are interelating to one another and I like the mood you created here. Nice work. Mark J