This is the original photo I took of a close up of branches on a plant, I really quite like the effect the sun made when peeking through the branch at the front. 

This photograph on the right is the edited version, which I am really happy with the results.

All I did to achieve this was;

• changed the effect to B&W
• boosted the contrast up
• played around with the brightness, saturation, definition etc. 

And voila! :)