Bed of Nails (color vs B&W)

[theantiquetiger]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3685/8754589837_9e3022ae27_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/8754589837/)
nail bed bw (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/8754589837/) by Theantiquetiger (http://www.flickr.com/people/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5335/8759128784_c632df6542_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/8759128784/)
bed of nails color (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/8759128784/) by Theantiquetiger (http://www.flickr.com/people/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr

[Realist]

Not sure actually. The red in the color picture is bugging me, but the colors in her hair and tights are nice.

[Runmonty]

The red is a little distracting, but I think the colour version is still more interesting. The purple and green is just too good to lose

[Marko]

I like the colour version - it also has better shadow detail.

[Iguanasan]

I already mentioned this in another thread but I feel like it belongs better here since this is the critique thread. Is the EXIF wrong or are you really at 1/40 sec at f10.0 at 167mm? You are very lucky you got this shot if those were the settings. Especially where she's moving around. You must have been on a tripod? This shot should likely have been at f4.0 and 1/250 or 1/500. This would get you more background blur to minimize the distractions and provide you with better freezing capability though it doesn't seem like you needed that???