A Black & White version
~Requested by Tom (Marshall) Heim~
http://www.pbase.com/t_heim

The trick is to pull up the reddish tones in the carpet of pine needles
to preserve the sense of glowing light on the ground.
Also popped the fog a bit (without blowing out to white)
to give that sense of enveloping light, while increasing the contrast to avoid muddy tones,
but more importantly to establish clear black points.
So first I tweaked slightly in curves then to add some micro-contrast I sharpened in Lab L channel
and again a slight final sharpening after downsizing to a JPG to add a sense of richness (USM 10, 50, 0).
Also, I added 2% warm tint in the B&W conversion process as well; that's subtle but adds something.