I would love to know what your steps are to do a b/w like this. I suspect a lot of it was just a great out of the camera image, but certainly there was some post processing expertise involved.
Well done, one of my favorites. This is a pic you want to get blown up and stick on the wall of your living room. Too bad it gets darker at the bottom of the image. It would have been neater in my eyes if the texture had just continued on to the bottom of the image. Otherwise perfect in my eyes... Gave it a 9
Grain without being grainy - a very intriguing concept. The blank sky hurts the image by being over stark and contrasty. It would be difficult to suggest a better crop because it would ruin the overall effect.