Lovely landscape. I do see why you ask about lightening it. In the colour version, the vibrancy of the green grass really seems to open the scene up and make it feel brighter and that effect is missing here. In this B&W the grass is almost reading as more water.
Lovely Hazel, the row of posts & the three friends on the bench make this photo. Fave. Amazingly although I am a colour person I much prefer this in black & white. I can see that the grass blurs in with the water but I think that adds to it….
A very good point! I might have a little try at processing
and repost it.