Print in B+W

I really liked this image and one of the main things that attracted me to the image when I first took it were all the colours, however I really seemed to struggle to get the colours right in the darkroom. They seemed good okay but I didn’t really like it. I felt like it was too overpowering and that the colours were over whelming me. I decided to try and turn it to black and white and see what I thought. 

Personally I think that it makes the eyes slightly stronger, and I like the different subtle tones created by the colours of the leafs, but over all I cant really decide how I like the image better. Also I am really trying to explore colour more and I think that this might be taking the easier way out. Maybe I should spend more time in the darkroom to make sure that I perfect this image.