In black and white...

I find Photoshop's automatic black and white conversions so dull...
I think it's worth the two minutes you will take to get a custom black and white conversion that will suit your style. The automatic ones, will have too much grey for my taste, they are too conventionally formatted to please the majority of users. I like the black, really black, and to achieve it, simple steps, that will take you no more than two minutes, are needed.

First, I desaturate, it will give you almost the same b&w range than the automated conversion. Then, you just adjust the curves to your liking, having the black darker, the white, whiter (it softens the image) and the whole picture will get a more intense, dramatic conversion. You can save your custom curve too, if you have a batch of pictures with the same lighting conditions to edit, it will be faster to process! You can also use some b&w actions, some are really amazing, and it's a fast way to get your b&w conversion, lighting and contrast adjusted in a click. But, doing your own custom conversion, is really easy too, and, you have more control over your editing.