Black white conversion steps
Mode to lab color
highlight lightness channel
mode grayscale
gray channel > inverse select shadows
Mode RGB
Fill layer on multiply to enrich tones
Curves
Levels
merge visable by overlay 20%
High pass adjusted blending
flatten
Dodge to cuffs at 60%
Burn edges 20%
Levels
flatten image again
image size
sharpen by edge mask
save
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