Challenge 61: Ninja Paint

Struggling a little with this contest. I'm supposed to take a black and white picture that actually was taken in color? I posted a picture in the contest thread that was rejected because I'd taken a color picture and stripped the color out of it (my original understanding of the rules). Anyway, here's the original version of the picture cropped tightly, plus a copy of the rejected black and white version. What do you think?
Thanks,
Scott

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Thanks,
Scott

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As for the original...I see too much color and there is not enough white to balance the black. Other than that, I think you have the idea.
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Thanks for the response. Yeah, I clearly read the contest intent incorrectly! Too bad it was one of those spur of the moment photo shoots. Not often my son gets his face painted professionally, so I can't easily reproduce and change lighting and such.
BUT it is a pretty compelling shot. the black and white one, I mean. Kind of creepy too.
How hard was it to get the paint off your son?
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
Not too difficult; water-based paints that took a bit of elbow grease to remove. He still had a couple of smudge marks beneath his chin this morning, but all the big things were gone.