I prepared this black and white split version of a dandelion core for a triptych, with the split black/white version flanked by an LAB inversion of the image on the left and a “straight” version on white on the right. I think the image works well on its own, but you can also see a version of the triptych assemblage as designed at the bottom of this story.

Here’s the way I intend the triptych to be displayed (these prints are fairly large) from black through gray to white: