How is this black and white conversion?

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Other than the subject, the rest of the image appears too dark to me. If you opened up your lens and blurred the foreground people a bit more, it would keep me more locked on the woman.

I'll rework the bw tones soon. I'll also try the blur tool in PS. I just need to be careful with the tool since at times it is obviously a postproduction blur.

Interesting how everyone is looking in different directions. Imagine if the woman was the only one looking straight at you. Still, this was a fleeting image and you did a great job capturing the moment.

I was thinking of how the photo would've been with her looking towards me. The only other version I have of this is her drinking something.

Thanks for your opinion and suggestion!