How do I extract channel information from a Direct2D Bitmap?

Question

So I have an image that I load using the CreateDecoderFromFilename method of the IWICImagingFactory I just created. It's easy enough to cast this to a Bitmap, but I want to extract the R-G-B-A channels independently so I can compare them to the values from a previous image, and calculate the error.

From the MSDN website...

    IWICBitmapDecoder *pIDecoder = NULL;
IWICBitmapFrameDecode *pIDecoderFrame  = NULL;
IWICFormatConverter *pIFormatConverter = NULL;

// Create the decoder.
hr = m_pIWICFactory->CreateDecoderFromFilename(
   L"turtle.jpg",                  // Image to be decoded
   NULL,                           // Do not prefer a particular vendor
   GENERIC_READ,                   // Desired read access to the file
   WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnDemand, // Cache metadata when needed
   &pIDecoder                      // Pointer to the decoder
   );

// Retrieve the first bitmap frame.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
   hr = pIDecoder->GetFrame(0, &pIDecoderFrame);
}


// Create the flip/rotator.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
   hr = m_pIWICFactory->CreateFormatConverter(&pIFormatConverter);
}

// Initialize the format converter.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
   hr = pIFormatConverter->Initialize(
       pIDecoderFrame,                  // Input source to convert
       GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppPBGRA,   // Destination pixel format
       WICBitmapDitherTypeNone,         // Specified dither pattern
       NULL,                            // Specify a particular palette 
       0.f,                             // Alpha threshold
       WICBitmapPaletteTypeCustom       // Palette translation type
       );
}
//Create render target and D2D bitmap from IWICBitmapSource
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
   hr = CreateDeviceResources(hWnd);
}

if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
   // Need to release the previous D2DBitmap if there is one
   SafeRelease(&m_pD2DBitmap);
   hr = m_pRT->CreateBitmapFromWicBitmap(pIFormatConverter, NULL, &m_pD2DBitmap);
}