UCD Portfolio: Black and White Photograph

I have been perusing my photographs from my introduction course last semester, and it was strange converting my favorites into black and white. It was like I took the life from them, because when I take a picture, I usually take it because of the color composition or contrast that I find appealing. Most of the pictures I take are because I naturally pay attention to colors...so this was a new beast to tame. I went downtown and took more pictures with black and white values specifically in mind, and I narrowed down my new and old options to five. With some help, I was convinced to print my favorite for my UCD portfolio, but I'll show you the top five options:

This is the one I'll be printing for my portfolio.

This is the original.

And the other four options: