Not the most creative setup for a selective desat, perhaps, but this scene presented itself unsolicited and I took the shot thinking it might make for a nice entry nonetheless.
Fairly straight forward in terms of treatment/post production: RAW conversion then fine tuned image in PS CS3, used B&W Adjustment Layer for greyscale conversion then masking to reveal color.
Decided to bring back a hint of color from the bud vase, which is a vibrant blue in full color. This added more interest to the image overall than just having the flower pedals in color. I gradually faded the saturation (sat --> desat) from the flower, down the stem all the way to the reflection on the granite which ultimately is fully desaturated by the bottom of the image.
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