Love the sepia one Matt
The BG's gone mostly black, but I kinda like that it pushes all attention onto the kids
Funny thing ... although comparing the 2 versions they look to be the same crop, the colour one looks like it could do with some cropping, whereas the sepia one doesn't seem to need any cropping
Another reason to choose the sepia one, which looks good as is, over the colour one, which would need some work, so I'm with you on that score, Matt
The sepia tone gives the image a timelessness that really makes this pic shine.