Looks a perfect conversion to me. You have all the tones there from the white on the bag to the darker tones and retained the detail that is in the original shot.

I don't think this particular image is the best for conversion to b/w as colour is quite important to it. I think b/w works very well for face portraits, some landscapes and images where you are showing textures and form especially.

There are free plug ins you can get for PSP - like those from: 'Virtual Photographer' but then you are not learning and using the process of conversion which may be useful to you later when it comes to developing to more advanced imaging and developing a personal style.

Message edited on: 05/16/2005 15:14

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html