suggestions?
Here is one more picture that I thought was going to be really cool when I shot it, but now It seems like just another one that had potential, but didn't quite get there. What could I have done differently? What can I do in pp to make it better now? I'm a photoshop rookie, but want to get better. I tried a B&W conversion here. . .

and here is a color version. . .

Any ideas for improvement would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Richard

and here is a color version. . .

Any ideas for improvement would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Richard
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Setup: One camera, one lens, and one roll of film.
a more blurred background (especially that stair and the siding in the
back).
Good point. . . in my mind the bike is the subject, but the bird house seems to distract. I think I like it better cropped tight to exclude the bird house. Thanks for the feed back!
Also, yes - I wish I would have tried harder to blur out the background when I shot this. Maybe a longer lens/tight crop with shallow DOF.
Thanks guys!
-Richard
Gear
*Canon 40D: 17-55IS - 70-300IS - 100mm Macro - Sigma 10-20EX
*Imagination