Black & White Techniques

Grayscale, then Fresco filter, Multiply, 50%

I was converting some of my photos to black and white images.  Here's the closest I have to the original photo:

Next, I tried black and white effects on a picture of a farm building. 

Cropped, Grayscale, then adjusted Levels

Again, this is the closest I have to the original photo:

The tendency, when going from a color image, to black and white, is to use the "desaturate" feature.  Actually, I believe that going to Adjustment, Mode, Grayscale, gives a truer black and white effect.  Here's my third effort:

Cropped, Grayscale, then used Poster Edges Filter at 75%

Here's the original photograph, taken at Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.

This assignment was done for my Beyond Layers class.