B/W conversion in Lightroom

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I've never really mastered converting colour digital files to black & white very successfully. I just tried this in Lightroom, by converting to B/W and adjusting a few of the relevant colour sliders to come up with this.

I'd appreciate any comments from any one who knows how a decent B/W conversion should look. Thanks :)

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Well I'm not entirely sure there is anything wrong with it :)

I just don't normally do B/W images and read lots about them not looking right if done badly.
 
Jayst84 said:
I like that. This is something I need to put more work into, for some reason I find it harder to get a black and white I'm happy with in Lightroom - compared to Photoshop. And I hate using Photoshop unless I absolutely have to.
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I have to agree, I hate doing B+W in Lightroom, I have a heck of a job getting a pic the way I like, that said the Op's done a great job with the horse.
 
Mark that works very well buddy. It almost looks like a sketch or etching rather than a photograph- which works well without looking artificial.

I don't like the mahoosive signature- but then I personally hate conspicuous signatures anyway.
 
Excellent conversion (y)

B&W not my first choice but with your achieving this quality I could be persuaded to try more myself :)
 
I convert most of my shots to B&W, usually in Silver efex Pro, but I've never managed to get something as good as that. Nothing to pick fault with at all. Lovely photo. My only advice would be to note down what you did so you can do it again.
 
Fantastic conversion lots of definition in the subject but I think that's a lot to do with the beautiful lighting.

Steve
 
Quite a stunning shot that. Beautifully controlled tonal range. It has the creamy tonality of a beautifully crafted larger format film image. That's really excellent. The great subject matter helps it along even more.


Something nagging at me... is it only me who thinks this would be better without the bridle?
 
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I agree, It is a bit of a pain having to keep the head collars on, but I don’t always, it depends on how well the horse is behaved and also how secure the environment is we’re working in. If I’m in an indoor school its fine, but still the owners get a bit freaked out at the thought of their horse potentially knocking over all my lights!
 
You can tick the Mastered box now ;)
 
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