Portraits - BW Conversion

[Anirban Halder]

After seeing all the great BW portraits shots over last few weeks, realized my BW post processing skills suck. Tried learning from scratch and converted few old portrait photos into BW. Looking for feedback on BW conversion and general criticism as well. Hoping to learn a few tips.


D200 with 35mm f1.8G. Exif: F2, 1/3000 seconds.


D200 with 35mm f1.8G. Exif: F1.8, 1/25 seconds.


D200 with 18-200mm VR II. Exif: F8, 1/60 seconds.

[armando_m]

I like the conversion you have done
the skin has texture and the tones are pleasant

Converting to B&W for me has been an evolving skill, first relying only on Nik siver efex pro , lately relying more on LRs B&W conversion and playing with the color sensitivity, often doing color saturation first in color mode, then back to b&w, iterate probably more than once until I get something that I like

[Anirban Halder]

Thank you Armando. I've seen tons of BW images you've shot. They always look very natural and balanced.  Thx again.

[Fons Baerken]

i like #2 quite an expression captured

[Anirban Halder]

i like #2 quite an expression captured

Thank you Fons!