Colours into tones 2

I chose a colour portrait for this exercise.

P420

The aim was to lighten the complexion without significantly altering the rest of the image.





P586

In P586 I lightened the skin tone using the target adjustment tool in the Hue section of Lightroom; this prevented the bright colour of the subject's scarf and fleece from being lightened as well.





P587 : black and white default

Here in the default version (P587 ), the image has a lighter interpretation; the uniform approach delivering what seems to be a slight 'colour cast'  almost a yellow / orange feel.There does not seem to be a huge difference between the two pictures. Perhaps the default version works better against the black background but subjectively I prefer the first interpretation in terms of the actual face of the subject...