When I first saw this photo I commented on its low contrast and softness. It looks as though you tried to make the conversion without first adjusting the color, which I suspect you did since the result you got looks like I recall my result to be (I played with the pic a bit) before adjusting the color. Now, go back to the original pic and play with the contrast, brightness, hue, saturation, and so on until you get a decent color rendition, and THEN make the conversion. There's a lot more color in the original photo than is apparent at first glance.
You might also be able to use the double Huse/Saturation technique with good results rather than the channel mixer. I'd also strongly recommend you learn what good B&W photography looks like. Visit some galleries, get some books, shoot some B&W film. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tim Øsleby > This is my first attempt on doing a B&W conversion. No it isn't. I have > tried before, with a crappy technique from a computer geek book about using > PSE3. > > You have seen the picture before. > This time I've tried a simple Channel Mix. > 20 red, 70% green and 10% blue. The values Shel suggested as a starting > point. I fiddled a bit back and forth, but ended up with this. It came out > Ok-, but nothing more. > > Anybody got better ideas? A better mix, another solution? Not too fancy > please, I'm a total newbie at this. > Oh, nearly forgot ;-) > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=191903
