Digital BW, The Print

To reduce some of the noise in the blue parts of the sky, before 
converting to B&W, you might want to try simply  using the earlier 
mentioned technique of layers and multiply to darken it up..  That 
should also lower some of the  relative difference between the various 
blues (since blackest blue remains fixed while all the blues will move 
towards it.)   You may also want to try using the same selection mask to 
shift the blues into a less cyan part of the spectrum (towards a more 
cobalt blue) before converting..

Basically, the opposite of what I did to lighten the rocks in the 
follow-up version..


 
Keith Krebs

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