Dramatic Jonquil Buds: The 19th Flower of Spring!

Yesterday I posted a picture of our lovely yellow daffodils and today, for a change, jonquil buds in black and white! I had trouble with the background when this was in color...I was about to make the decision to retake the shot when I decided to see what would happen if I changed it to a b/w image. WOW! The contrast problems I was having went away and suddenly, the cool shadows on the jonquils really popped out! Once I figured out that b/w was the way to go, I reverted to the color version and carefully adjusted the contrast of the shadows, midtones and highlights before changing it to a b/w image. I have found that doing most of my adjustments to the color version is the better way to go because you have a lot more information to work with. If you're unsure about this process, remember that making adjustments in the color version will make it look "wrong"...you want to increase the contrast carefully, by enhancing the darks and lights and watching the midtones so they don't lose detail on the switch to b/w. Once you're satisfied, final adjustments can then be made in the grayscale version. It's really fun to do this, especially when you understand that most color images will not look good in b/w without these adjustments. I hope I did a good job with this one!! I'm no pro at b/w but I am happy how this one turned out! :)

NOTE: I meant to upload the opened cream and yellow daffodil and I forgot! :D :D It will be up to see tomorrow for sure! :D