Lone juniper overlooking Canyonlands Natl Park

This is picture is converted to black and white in Photoshop. The

original picture can be seen here:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3048224

Extracted the luminance channel of the lab mode and did minor curves

adjustments. One advantage of using luminance channel over channel

mixer is, details are preserved in all parts of the image. Whereas

in other methods, details may be lost in places where, two adjacent

colors correspond to the same shade of grey. Am I wrong? Could you

please highlight on this. Also, which version appeals more to you?

The color or the black and white.

Thanks

B&W also works well. Infact it seems better than the original color version.

Good work.