Black-and-white images are not usually starkly contrasted black and white. They combine black and white in a continuum producing a range of shades of gray. Further, many monochrome prints in still photography, especially those produced earlier in its development, were in sepia which yielded richer, subtler shading than reproductions in plain black-and-white. Accepting Donations For My Digital Downloads - approximately 1024x768 / Print Options Available - Thank you.