Please let me know which photo you like better, color or BW. I shot with a Nikon D7200 and a Tamron 18-400 lens.
Of the two, black and white works better. That being said, that massive fence on the right does nothing for the images and should not have been included in your composition. I get that you were showing the path curving around the fence, but it is distracting.
Was there something on the left side that you wanted to eliminate?