Attractive Stranger - colour or b&w

As described in my blog, I came across this lovely lady on my way to a meeting, and she kindly posed for a couple of shots - now, colour or black and white?

ok, my b&w conversion was a teeny bit flat, so boosted the contrast really gently.

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I like the colour and the bokeh in the background. Nice pic.

Thanks CSM - looking at it like that - you're right, I also prefer the colour version

Out of the 2 I like the color best but, I think the conversion to b&w is a little weak in that it lacks contrast on my screen.There again it may well just be my laptop? I converted your color image to show you what I mean. The shot is I thing very good with the model looking very relaxed and natural.

Between the original two images, I prefer the color one, but that B&W conversion of Alby's I love.

I prefer the color one.

Thanks Alby,
I think I prefer the colour one, and I think that whilst your conversion is a bit too contrasty for me (which is unusual, because I normally like contrasty), I think somewhere in the middle would be about right.

I like the B&W best

Thanks caliko - I really like the b&w again, now I've tweaked it a bit (doncha just love Lightroom for things like that? )