Interesting approach that I would not have thought to try. The more traditional approach would have been to slect some of the red leaves and keep them in colour. A variation to trick everyone might have been to do the inverse by making the red foreground leaves B&W and keeping the background greenery in colour.
However, I'm glad you did it this way to effectively open a window on the world of your pic. I'm really enjoying all the variety shown during C9. Thanks for adding to that with your unique approach here.
Cheers, John