…..Yes, better to me. Now the contrast helps balance the image (the rocks and kids) and draws our eye to the subject of interest. 🙂
Yes Jason, I remember your suggestion – when I first posted the original “Searching” – to try a B&W conversion. I had, in fact, processed both images at the same time, but the end result was different… for some reason, this one looked better converted to B&W, whereas the first suited colour processing. Thanks.
Prosophos 
…..Yes, better to me. Now the contrast helps balance the image (the rocks and kids) and draws our eye to the subject of interest. 🙂
Yes Jason, I remember your suggestion – when I first posted the original “Searching” – to try a B&W conversion. I had, in fact, processed both images at the same time, but the end result was different… for some reason, this one looked better converted to B&W, whereas the first suited colour processing. Thanks.