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I also agree that the B&W would be the better of the two. But, as it stands, the B&W looks a little flat. It lacks a bit of contrast for me. How did you do the conversion? Just desaturate? If you just use the Desaturate command, you end up losing a bit of your contrast. Try making a new Gradient Map layer with a fade from black to white. This should help keep your contrast intact. Then you can use whatever method you prefer to add some brightness and/or contrast (curves, level, etc).
I like the B&W but with the first image size....the 2nd one has a slightly smaller crop
That is definitely better, but like you said, the blanket does seem a little blown out in areas.
Here is your original with a gradient map applied to convert it to B&W and a few tweaks of the levels. Unfortunately, there are a couple partially blown out areas of the blanket on this one too.