A Sign in Black and White

This shot I took with my point and shoot in its monochrome setting:

ISO 400 9.3mm f/4.5 1/80

It is unedited.  Here is an edited version:

ISO 400 9.3mm f/4.5 1/80

I did some cropping and also darkened the image.  How would you have edited differently?

Cheers!