I always thought my edits were good

I’ve always thought my edits were good and for the most part they are. Recently I took a deeper dive into Lightroom and it’s editing, and black and white conversion capabilities and I’m impressed. With some masking and localized adjustments, I was able to gain a greater tonal range and improved detail. In the past I’ve run some testing as to how color effects black and white conversions and discovered that it makes a huge difference. It’s critical to get the color right before any black and white conversion. I’ll make a video on the Lightroom processes used in this example but for now the results speak loudly. Below are the original Photoshop edit and the Lightroom edit.

Original Photoshop Edit

Lightroom Edit