B&W Conversion for Competition - "Closed for the Season"

[Gobae]

I'm considering entering this photo for my first photo competition; the competition theme is "Winter". I rarely convert my photos to B&W so I'd like some c&c on that. Of course, if there is anything else that catches your eye that you'd like to comment on, I'm all ears!



Camera Model: NIKON D40X
Shutter Speed: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 31 mm
35mm Equivalent Focal Length:
ISO Sensitivity: 400
Time Taken: 2008:12:12 13:31:05
Exposure Compensation: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Multi-Segment
Flash Fired: No Flash

Original color photo here: http://www.celticclans.org/zenphoto/...asonclosed.jpg

[cphoniball]

As far as the black and white conversion is concerned it needs a bit more contrast. The photo is very gray overall - usually you want some "true white" and some "true black" in each black and white photo.