I'd have opted for B&W before taking a real long look at the colour one. Given that the colour version has really muted colours helps add to the realism and gives an edge to the poor guys urgency running across the road. Sepia helps add nostalga and sort of melancolic feel to B&W, but in this case the original colour version does that very well anyway. As for the picture itself, you could enter it in Sept Challenge, I can't help thinking "what happened next?" Did he make it OK? Excellent composition ty