mono monday - fading lily

I was not sure about taking flowers and stripping the color off them, but I decided to try it for mono monday. I am so glad I did as I like how this came out. You can see the color version here and also a less warm, more black & white version I tried. Enjoy!

Many, many thanks to Paladian who hosted huge numbers of blippers who wanted to work on their 'mono' photography skills - I commend her for her amazing job hosting! Starting next Monday - 3/3/14 - the challenge will be hosted by the talented Mr Hobbs. He has tweaked the challenge just a bit to give us more to think about, read about it here. =:O)