Study in brush technique

I do not get good results from converting my images to B&W which is why I colourize a section. Can anyone offer some simple tips about converting so that the tones can be displayed nicely?

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Here's a local tutorial for a B&W conversion technique: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=34977

Glenn Mitchell's page contains a couple of actions for B&W conversions: http://www.thelightsri​ght.com/photoshop-tools.htm

And he has many tutorials related to B&W conversions: http://www.thelightsri​ght.com/tutorials-pdf.htm

Scottes wrote:
Here's a local tutorial for a B&W conversion technique: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=34977

Glenn Mitchell's page contains a couple of actions for B&W conversions: http://www.thelightsri​ght.com/photoshop-tools.htm

And he has many tutorials related to B&W conversions: http://www.thelightsri​ght.com/tutorials-pdf.htm

It's 1.30 in the morning and I'm still playing with the new actions and conversion techniques. Thank you for blowing my mind.

Here at POTN we aim to please.



Did you check out Mitch's Dodge & Burn tutorial on that page? Give it a shot - it's amazingly simple, really, and can give some unbelievable power to very specific areas.

Scottes wrote:
Here at POTN we aim to please.


Did you check out Mitch's Dodge & Burn tutorial on that page? Give it a shot - it's amazingly simple, really, and can give some unbelievable power to very specific areas.

It's a great site. Thank you.