This image is a BW conversion from a digital image in colour. The magnolia on my neighbour's property was just finishing up its blooming period this season and amny of the blooms had lost one or more petals. In the case of this particualr bloom, the loss of petals affroded a wonderful interior "cross'section" view.
For the rechnically mined, conversion from colour was done using GIMP, an open source bitmap editor akin to Photoshop. Colour was completely desaturated while using the settings to preserve luminosity values. Some minor "curves" adjust ment was applied to ensure appropriate contrast and tonal range were preserved. THe original image was taken using a Panasonic Lumix FZ30 with a #1 close-up lense attached.
