In the end we hope we all are the winners because we now have many presets to study and use as the basis for our own work.

We plan a new contest soon with a different style of scene (likely more urban).

The Contest #01 is now officially closed. Thank you all!

4/25/2011 All Presets now available for download
You can now download all the presets for your own use and analysis. The pictures in the gallery and the name of the presets are matched by name.

Thanks to all participants and followers.

4/22/2011 End of submissions
We don't accept any more submissions. We publish all presets ASAP and hope to have results about next week.
4/20/2011 Rule changes
An internal jury from Nik Software and Outback Photo will select the top presets. A public vote does not really work with our gallery platform.
Motivation
Up until about 2007, Digital Outback Photo had about26 different contests that were quite popular. Our contests were not so much about winning, but were more about sharing experiences so that we could all be the winners (ourselves included).

So, we thought it was about time for a new contest! Converting an image from color to B&W allows many different interpretations. There is not really a right or wrong way to do it and it is often just a matter of personal style. Exploring the “style” of black and white conversions is the theme and motivation of this new contest.
A Note on Copyright
This image provided can only(!) be used in the context of this contest and the only site that has the right to publish images is Digital Outback Photo (or other sites that were granted permission, in this case also Nik Software). If you want to use this image for any other purposes (e.g. marketing) you can acquire a license from us.
Results
We post selected results here in the SmugMug Contest Gallery.
Note: You can view and download the results for your own inspection up to original size.
At the end of the contest we will make also all presets used available to our readers.
The Silver Efex Pro 2 Preset Contest #1
Why did we chose just one software and not all B&W tools in the market?
Efex
This time we selected a landscape photo taken with the Canon EOS 60D.
Contest Rules
Note: You can view and download the results for your own inspection up to original size.