{black and white}

I absolutely adore black and white conversions. When I first started processing I thought a conversion was simply clicking a button and you were good to go. I have since learned alot and have been playing with my conversions to try and avoid the 'grey' skin. What I have found is that I love high contrast and that I like my black and whites to start out overexposed a bit and shadows bumped up before I desaturate them. I also like a hint of chocolate added. I think I have finally figured it out with some help from action recipes. Here's the lovely N in my favorite BW conversion to date...