Yesterday I went over to Laura’s for lunch around the pool with Lori and Ann. As usual, she had a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the counter. I love the colors of these lilies. The shot above is the original. Below is the same shot in black & white, after messing a bit with the color levels and brightness/contrast in Gimp. I was trying to create something for this week’s Technique challenge over at the Photoblog Challenges website (check it out, you’ll find lots of weekly and monthly challenges – fun for photographers of all skill levels out here in the blogosphere).
Probably too dark. I was hoping the stamen would still be crisp. Waddyathink?
Sheila365 
I will always be a fan of black and white photography – I think the grayscale shot is stunning – in fact…frameable.
That’s a beautiful close-up. I do prefer it in color 🙂