Some of our readers have recently been writing some great tutorials over in our forums. One of the latest ones is by Kvikken who has written a tutorial titled Black and White adjustment layers and blending modes in Photoshop.
I won’t rehash it all here - but here’s a quick example of what sort of results Kvikken gets with the technique.

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Great article, he had some great tips in there. Can anyone make a B&W conversion for Adobe Photoshop Elements?
B/W really ups the level of drama in this photo. Good tutorial! Thanks.