Hello All

I have just been trying to reprocess an old shot taken before my raw period so it is jpeg only.

It is a night shot of Lincoln Cathedral and I do not like the flood light colour of the stone work also it is slightly blown out.

Decided to try it in B & W.

Now, is it best to convert to B & W before any adjustments?  for instance I get the impression that the Tone Sharpening is working on the colour version, I suppose that is logical as the base file is still in colour, should I sharpen in neutral Grey, and yes I have tried that.    (In Qultimate I used the Sel.Color to convert to B & W)

What procedure do you experts follow?

Files as below:-

Original



QUltimated



Eliments7'd



I like the Elements version, we cannot have that, Q must be able to do better

I am not in a hurry for advice, I will be away from computer until tomorrow afternoon. 

Jeff

   

In Sel Colour (Editor screen), there are other B&W options with Red, Green or Blue separation. It's worth trying those to see the effect. I find that contrast changes are usually required too, using a curve.
Terry.