Digital BW, The Print

Not the same as just converting to grayscale at all. 

After deleting the a&b channels in LAB, then convert to grayscale.
The result has a much better contrast to begin with. You can 
then bump it up a bit more without blowing the highlights.

Angus

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> Keith writes:
> 
> > My own quick favourite is converting to Lab and
> > deleting the a&b channels.
> 
> In Photoshop, this is the same as converting to grayscale or 
desaturating.