After watching a documentary /video about Ansel Adams, I was inspired to play around with B&W. This picture is one I took (in color) out at Point Loma (San Diego), CA in Dec last year. I played around with several copies and this is one I like the best. I'm going to mat and frame it for my sister.

Nicely done!

Imagine that Ansel did all his magic in a dark room!

He did some work in the kitchen. Saw a documentary where he dried the prints in a microwave.

Did you just desaturate the photo or did you use the B&W converter?

I started with a B&W conversion, but then played with saturation on individual colors and also vibrance. I also used a effects brush to increase or decrease exposure in selected areas (what Ansel would call Dodging and Burning I think.) I also adjusted contrast a bit in selected areas.

I like it!!!