I'm still figuring out this 9-18mm zoom. I haven't figured out it's sharpness sweet spot and I'm still drawn to extreme close-ups. I suspect the novelty will wear off. It seemed like that one flower, isolated would work in b&w. I don't think that particular flower ended up being sharp enough (that's why I included the whole bowl). I probably should have oriented the bowl wrt the sun better and gotten better light/shadows,