A gulf fritillary in Tucson

 

Dogwood berries in southern Illinois

 

Water lily in the Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

The full-color version is on the "Flowers" page.

 

These pictures were created by copying the background layer, desaturating this new

layer, and then erasing the parts where we wanted the background color to come through.

Not very difficult -- and the end result can be quite attractive.