Thanks all.
@Rod - it was only deliberately not dealt with haha.. I did see it but to correct it would have been more work than I deemed it worth. For starters I oversharpened in Rawtherapee on the whole batch of shots. So I'd have needed to start over at the first stage. Then when I did the bw in Nik-Sfx, the drop of the sky caused the haloing to pronounce and I would have needed to go back and do control points to try and soften the contrast at the edges. Either that or I'd have had to do some hi-mag cloning/healing/painting in Gimp.

If I had known this image was going to be the best received of the batch, I probably would have made not only that effort, but would have taken the time to blend in the horizon gradation better as well.

I'm with the family on this one. That moon is so tiny!

Striking image! Jack's beanstalk, is it??

Contrasty as I like it, too

I reckon the fam. made a good call. The contrast is striking as is the vertical light gradation, and you couldn't have got greater depth if you tried - the Moon's just big enough to have impact. The right hand edge of the tree tunk is haloed but in this instance doesn't distract. Deliberate? No way my iPhone could deliver this.

Yay, a hike in the hills. That angled light imparts a moon-like character to the ground.

The Master of Reflection Finding & Capture strikes again. Works a treat in mono and love that boardie easing in.

Whoa, that's getting close with 10mm. Did you call them in?

Stunning shot!! Staring up into the abyss (not down), with those fluffy cloud balls/fluffy patterns, all contrasted against the geometrically fascinating arrangement of regimented battery hen offices. (I'm listening to Pink Floyd's Animals as I type this...totally matches Dogs).

Well captured the fun of skateboarding down that circular path, and perfect in b&w...she doesn't look too happy!

So well taken. Really like the slight blur on the flag.