My rose(s) for today #111 by goodoleboy
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Hate to pull the viewers away from my Memorial Day ceremonies series, but I figured you might need a break from that stuff, so I went back into my voluminous files for an old favorite of yours, the lovely and elegant rose. Or at least I think it's a favorite of yours. I never promised you a rose garden, but here it is anyway.
Captured 4/29/09, around 7:20 AM, about .35 miles/.563 kilometers from my place.
On that particular morning the flowers had just received a refreshing shower compliments of the sprinkler system, which was most fortuitous, because with the waterdrops on the blooms, and the sun hanging low above the horizon, I proceeded on a nonstop driven foto frenzy. So these are not the last of the bunch I shot.
These beauties are located in a park on a sizeable garden plot dedicated in 1998 to the members, now deceased, who served in the city's Woman's Club between 1922 and 1997. Hence, the plants receive tender loving care.
I posted this one yesterday, but for some inexplicable and unapologetic reason it disappeared from my gallery, and is forever lost in cyberspace. Fortunately, I had a copy. One can never be too prepared, you know.
A ZOOM would be most advantageous in this instance.
Tallyho.
Comments (21)
MrsRatbag
These are just stunning, Harry; the water droplets are icing on an already beautiful cake...I'll bet the smell was heavenly! Great work!
wingnut55
a beautiful selection, softly lit. early morning is clearly the time for flower shots.
Meisiekind
Oh Harry - what beauties! As I was scrolling down, I thought the first one was my fav! Then I saw the second one, changed my mind and then reached the soft pink bud at the bottom... complete decision constipation kicked in... I love them all - that is the easiest way out!!! Excellent collage!!! :)
Mousson
majestic !!!
jocko500
wonderful photos of them too. cool water drops on them
Hendesse
Wonderful collage of excellent shots. Very beautiful roses.
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
beatoangelico
MAGIC CAPTURE AND FANTASTIC DONE....BRAVISSIMA..!!!!
odie
What a thirsty array of beauty! Each one is better than the last. The lighting on the second one is exquisite. well done.
babuci
What a gorgeous collection presented in a vertical crop. Would look good on the wall in a foyer. Wonderful colors and a dropps realy makes it more exciting. Glad you managed to share these beauties today would a great miss.
tennesseecowgirl
They are all stunning and beautiful!
morningglory
The first is certainly my favorite! Beautiful collection of Roses.
elfin14doaks
Thank you for sharing the rose garden, great shots. It's still cold and rainy here , so these a spirit brightening.
beachzz
That first one is my favorite, but they're all gorgeous!!
auntietk
The first one for the color, the second for the light. I suppose it's okay if I have two favorites! :)
clifftoppler
Fleeting beauty - captured for posterity!
durleybeachbum
All lovely pics!
CavalierLady
Oh, it's so nice to see your roses again, Harry! Lovely collage and beautiful roses, all of them. The top one is especially pretty!
elfin12u
Nice compilation!!Awesome shots!
tizjezzme
they all look so fresh, Harry .. beautiful photo's and collage of these gorgeous roses. Hard to decide which one I like best :)
anahata.c
I wish I had time to see the your flowers in your gallery, maybe I will over the weeks, but these are more than breaks from the Memorial Day shots, they're gems in themselves. More of your bold & flush-forward captures, there is something so direct & communicative about these; yet you also capture the mystery of flowers & how they recede in light & dark, etc. I agree with Jodie about the lighting on #2, but all of them have a mix of light & shade; and you capture their textures and "gestures" very well. I've seen all your rose uploads from my absence, and I'll try to comment on at least one other, but know that they're all gems; and they Show that you wear many hats as a photographer. Tthe funny thing is: Having just viewed some of your Mem. Day shots, these seem related: How, I can't say; but maybe it's because the people you depicted in the Mem. Day series were roses too. Human roses...And btw, I love the loose petal in #5: the kind of detail that makes flowers all that they are.