Hug and a Smile

[Ziggy]

Just caught my eye.

[AlwaysOnAuto]

You might give this a try as a monochrome Jim.
Nice shot.

[Shadowman]

Nice but spooky, similar to the scary Lucy.

[IzzieK]

Awwww....I like it. Or I am too soft when it comes to children, alive or statue-like.

[mugge]

Great shot. The use of B&W would eliminate all that distracting green. Just my opinion.
Cheers Ole

[John 2]

Great shot. The use of B&W would eliminate all that distracting green. Just my opinion.
Cheers Ole

+1. It could for instance, be darkened in the conversion.

[madcrow]

Nice capture.

[Wavelength]

Excellent

[Ziggy]

Thanks all for the feedback and comments. I gave it a go in B&W.

[Geoff F]

Even better in B&W because you have lost all background distractions.

[NorthernFocus]

Nice catch, Jim. The B/W is better IMO.

[Ziggy]

Thanks Geoff and Dan.

[Cogito]

Jim, I'm afraid I find the B&W very bland, I dunno! If you maybe adjust the contrast, highlights, lowlights or whatever, my feeling is that the original has more impact.

[John 2]

Jim, I'm afraid I find the B&W very bland, I dunno! If you maybe adjust the contrast, highlights, lowlights or whatever, my feeling is that the original has more impact.

Not sure what software you're using Jim but if it has a conversion filter as opposed to just de-saturating the image, you can take down the yellow and green channels to darken the BG and increase the separation further. A bit quick and dirty and clearly you can adjust the degree of darkening to taste but something like this: