Tired of the white background for once. Not tired of the flowers yet though. I was going to do this one all in color but in the end I liked it as a partial bw better. The background is packing paper btw.

Post-processing was levels, desaturation of everything except the flower, and brightness/contrast adjustments. Turns out, the umbrella lights are good for creating shadows if you remove the umbrella ;)

After posting this I went downstairs to clear away my stuff and instead started shooting some more. I am obviously having too much fun with the tulip and the vase.

Here are some of the other out-takes: