Peony Picnic

Day 199: A red-and-black ant and a green peony bud with a wink of red just beginning to appear had too much color in it to be attractive, so I began dabbling with a monochrome, tone-mapping it rather heavily and then applying a cross-processing filter. The "rose gold" look had the effect of pulling the ant to the forefront as the primary subject without losing the drama of the hairs and veins in the bud. Something of a divergence from my accustomed style, I much prefer the metallic, science-fictiony feel of this version to the normally colored one.