I had my best results so far for the Fence challenge we just had. I came in 14th. I converted my original image to B&W instead of using the color, which was almost straight out of the camera. A few voters left the comment that they think it would have looked better in color. Was wondering what your thoughts were.
I love black and whites, and scored your high, but after seeing the colour one, if that had been in the challenge next to the black and white, i would have voted higher on the colour.
I think your conversion could have been crisper and a bit brighter. That said, I like both. The color would have done maybe a place or two higher here, as color is generally more appreciated (note that I said "generally") than B&W. (I personally prefer B&W but I'm a minority.) And I used to live near there, in South Riding. Very nice shot!