Absece of Saturation

Drastically over exposed, and about to be deleted from my hard drive, these pixels deserved a second chance. I used the polygon lasso tool in Adobe Fireworks and carefully selected the background, leaving the blossom un-selected. I selected Filters>Adjust Color>Hue/Saturation and dropped the color saturation to -100. The background color was now grey, and the blossom stood out. But I wasn't done yet. Still over-exposed, the flower remained washed out. A quick LEVELS adjustment really made the colors in the flower come to life. Against the monochromatic background, the contrast was brilliant, and the pixels were saved from oblivion's call.