Black n White with color

This photo was taken in october of 2010 outside my house. I used auto setting without the flash on. This photo is the original with no corrections made.

This is the same photo except for just the desaturated corrections i made to it.

This is the same picture as the one above, but with corrections made. I desaturated this picture, and the erased the color of the leaf only, then I moved the levels around to give it a darker look than the uncorrected photo.
I like this photo better because the backround makes the leaf stand out more and look more vibrant.