The texture you can get out of the timbers on the barn in the B & W is is wonderful. The one thing I'd wonder about is darkening up the sky. So you use pp software that has built-in filters? A yellow filter would darken up the sky. A red one would have an even greater impact.
Donald,
Thanks for the input, the black and white photo was my favorite also. I use lightroom 3.6 and I tried to darken up the sky (because I agree I think it would present a more dramatic look) but did not have a lot of success, I will have to keep working with it. Thanks again for your advice.
Kathy
Yes, I agree with Donald's filtering suggestion (Who doesn't?):
It would be good to make the sky darker than the roof of the barn.