These first three images were converted using Photoshop's "Black & White" option under "Adjustments". Once this was opened, I hit the Auto button, and voila! I notice they're black and white, grayscale images. The advantage of using this setting, is that you get an image that is successfully converted with no knowledge required! You don't have to know how each colour in the colour model affects each aspect of the black and white image. It's easy. The disadvantage to a technique like this is that you have no control over anything. If you want deeper blacks and lighter whites, or maybe a creamier gray sky with a sharp, detailed portrait of your best friend, you have to manually convert the image. To do this you have to understand how different colours apply to different shades of gray in your image. In the end, the only downside to automatically converting a colour image is that you have to know a little bit about colours and Photoshop. Honestly, it's not that difficult and every step you do by yourself leads to a better end result than if you let Photoshop do all the work for you.
This is the first. I notice the automatic conversion leaves the sky really white, and the lights are almost under detailed because of the over-shading. I like how smooth the black is, with a subtle light gradient on the crest of the light coverings.
I feel this macro's shades leveled out pretty nicely. The sky is a creamier gray that melds nicely with the other background objects. Nothing is too stark, and though not all pictures will look good like this, I feel this one looks alright.
Laaaaast one of the three. Here we see a fairly boring picture. There's a plain white wall and a face. The top of my bed's headboard does create a nice line in the background. The colour conversion does bring the picture together though.
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