I am 58 years young, live in Johannesburg, South Africa and I'm a true product of my continent. I love the bush, the animals, sunshine, sunsets - oh well, anything to do with nature. I am unmarried and have three sons - 37, 33 and 30 respectively and three granddaugters aged 12, 6 and 4 respectively and obviously the light of my life! Photography has always been a passion and I have loved it since I can remember. I was still using a SLR camera and only switched to digital only in late 2007! My other passion is travel and I have been lucky enough to have travelled fairly widely. There are however still many, many places I would love to visit "one day." I am truly an amateur photographer and do it merely as a hobby. So please be gentle when you comment on my work. :-) Thank you Piet, my dear friend, for convincing me to place my work on Renderosity. You owe me one! Hugs, Carin xx
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Comments (59)
npauling
I love this one it really does look like you caught it in the moonlight.
auntietk
Such a beautiful result! The rose is gorgeous, and the effect you got with this is just perfect.
goodoleboy
Much too stellar an image and effort for me to find proper adjectives for, Carin. And a question: who sang "Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair?"
nigh23
very nice
danapommet
Fooled me!!! :>) Awesome macro and postwork. Dana
Alex_Antonov
Amazing!
CaressingTheDark
Beautiful and great postwork
wysiwig
I just saw part of 'Interview with a vampire' (Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst) so my first thought was 'vampire rose'. Wonderful post work adds an air of mystery to the image. The background treatment really brings the rose forward. Excellent.
Chipka
This and the previous photo you uploaded have totally sparked all sorts of associations in my mind. And that's a good thing. One of the "goodest" things I could imagine. "Goodest?" I love using bad English on occasion! It's so fun! Anyway, this image is spectacular. It's post worked, but your post work is so incredibly subtle; there is that whole moonlit quality to it, but there's something strangely dreamy as well, something described in a China Mieville novel...though he wasn't describing a rose. In fact he was describing something ominous, but it was beautiful, and wholly unique. The novel is "The Scar" in case you're interested and China Mieville is a writer I admire greatly. He's brilliant, and crap! He's younger than me, which sucks since he's more famous too! Oh well...I've gotten over that already so don't worry. Anyway, he described something called a "moon ship" and this totally reminds me of that! WOW. WOW. This is perfect. It stands on its own, and it's brilliant. But I'm also in love with the association it sparks in me.
beachzz
Oh, this is just stunning---soft and dreamy; it does look moonlit!!
stuart83
Beautifully captured, the postwork is superb
DEWoodward
Impressive capture!
Mondwin
Marvelous!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissima!V:DDD.Huhgsxx Whylma
Meowgli
beautiful work Carin, wonderful effect you have achieved!
Richardphotos
very impressive color and dof
MrsRatbag
Oh, that's stunning, Carin, really lovely!
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
bmac62
Do roses stay wide open at night? That's kind of like asking if the light in the refrigerator really goes off after you shut the door:) Great job.
e-brink
Very nice treatment of this. A lovely image.
elfin14doaks
Gorgeous photo and great work!
Santa29Klaus
Ok, so I can count on you to finish my black & white wall? Please? Exce-flippen-lent!!XX
Cosme..D..Churruca
bravisimo! pure beauty.
magnus073
Carin this is wonderful and you breathed new life into it with your creative talents
Blush
Beautiful Always wanted a blue rose now I have it This is a fav of mine Nice to meet you as well Hope you come visit me too Hugs Susan~
nikolais
Carin, you have made it right! nothing stops the eye here from wandering all aling the bends... excellent!
UOja
Very beautiful color. Lovely work.
CoreyBlack
I LOVE this picture! This is fantastic and totally drew me in.The lighting and texture are beautiful and I like the way you blured it around the edges as it makes the center part even more intense. Wonderful shot!
mommavelvet9999
Well, you definitely did a very good job at playing with the light. Looks like it was taken under the moonlight! well done!
debbielove
Very clever... very beautiful... Excellently shot!!! Well done.. Rob