Black and White Photo Challenge

There's a Facebook challenge going around: a B&W photo a day for 5 days, or 7, depending on who you read. No faces, no words.  I was challenged by one of the ukulele/knitters/photographers, and here is my entry for Day Three. Being an of an economical bent I thought I could blip it as well. (I included Days 1 and 2 in the Extras just in case you were gonna ask.)

Hey--is anybody out there using Affinity Photo as an alternative to Photoshop for processing? It looked pretty amazing in the video I just saw. Best part is that it is a stand alone purchase--no subscription fee. Now I just need an alternative to Lightroom and it's bye bye Adobe.