Well after you asked I had to check it out in B&W.... I already had the image on my HD so I could make the thumb for the challenge. I played around with it quickly in B&W...not really trying to hard too get tones perfect or anything like that.... I must say IMHO I like the color version better....but I think it is fine in B&W as well. In fact the B&W seems even more abstract than the color version. I think the warm browns, oranges and hits of yellow in the color version just do it for me though...so earthy and warm if you know what I mean.

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