
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?
