B&W is a great idea - more for me to play around with :-)
Here's a quick take on how to go about that, without caring to do anything about the straws in the foreground:
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I simply used an adjustment layer for hue/saturation with the following settings:
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The image may also benefit from B&W conversion with split toning, e.g. in Lightroom:
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Settings (B&W conversion at auto):
[attachment=10895:split_toning.png]
These aren't meant to be anywhere near final results, just starting points for further adjustments; I didn't spend more than five minutes on this, including making the #/&"$ screenshots.