May I ask for advice on which version is better? Color or B/W? The "challenge" rules said that converting to B/W was standard way of getting rid of noise - which wasn't really the intent here... but i do seem to like this B/W version a bit more.

Yet a THIRD version, b/w, is now in the "Eligible" gallery. That one, due to the rules for sizing to 800 pixels only, has a touch more noise (non-gaussian noise added). I thought that at 800 size, my attempt to recall a "pushed Tri-X" type look would be lost so i increased a touch of the noise.

Look forward to reading the comments. Thx in advance.