Color to B & W

[Shogun]

Been looking through some of my old photos & found this one. I shall be getting a PhotoSuite or similar soon but in the mean time I wondered what this would look like in B & W and as I don't have the program would somebody do it for me. Don't know if it will look any better but might be worth a try.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/shogun249/CNV00067_0_edited537x600.jpg

[Glen]

Here you go....

Greyscale
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/708/BW-1.jpg

Channels Mono
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/708/BW-2.jpg

Bit of both colour and B/W
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/708/BW-3.jpg

[Shogun]

Thanks very much. Not sure which works best.

[ron boon]

Hi - first one probably with a tweak on the contrast and maybe a bit of cropping - nice subject for B&W :)

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/ronboon/BW-1.jpg

[Jonnyreb]

Thats a great job Ron - i was worried about the lovely grain in the wood being lost, but your crop re-emphasised it :thumbs:

[ron boon]

your welcome - i love black and white and your shot is a perfect subject and well seen - thanks for sharing

[CT]

Mono conversion from green channel. Virtual Photographer filter 'Anvil' applied - tweaked contrast.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/530/Green1.jpg

[Shogun]

What I need is a decent edit program. Is there any good free downloads or if I have to buy one, what is recommended?

[Jonnyreb]

What I need is a decent edit program. Is there any good free downloads or if I have to buy one, what is recommended?

There were a number of free programs reviewed in a suplement to Amateur Photographer this month - might be worj grabbing a copy? From memory, Gimp, Picasa and others were compared.......

[Messiah Khan]

Origional;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/shogun249/CNV00067_0_edited537x600.jpg

My take;
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5413/cnv000670edited537x6002kz3.jpg
:)

[chase779]

Hi - first one probably with a tweak on the contrast and maybe a bit of cropping - nice subject for B&W :)

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/ronboon/BW-1.jpg

the contrast is over-kill imo

[Dave_1860]

What I need is a decent edit program. Is there any good free downloads or if I have to buy one, what is recommended?
I use GIMP (http://www.gimp.org)...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/537483606_be70f2d895_o.jpg

That was from the original, decomposed into RGB layers, blend the layers to produce the basic b+w look, flatten the layers, duplicate layer, layer mask, blend layer mask, flatten, sharpen, border.