My rose(s) for the day #211 by goodoleboy
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of the Iceberg Floribunda variety.
Captured 10/2/12, early AM, outside of my usually congenial condominium complex, where there are tons/tonnes of these blooms.
A ZOOM, unless otherwise stated, would be most cool. It's a color shot, although it looks like a black and white.
The best way to shoot these demure beauties for contrast is with back and/or side lighting. Otherwise they are a complete blah to photograph, especially on an overcast day. But they are hardy and resilient, even in extreme heat, and grow in bunches. Great for landscaping, and why they're grown all over the city.
Sayonara, and have a nice day.
Comments (15)
durleybeachbum
An excellent photo, Harry.
Lyne
REALLY lovely!! thank you!
racolt33
Hardy and resilient but seems very delicate. Nice shot.
npauling
A stunning capture of this lovely rose and I love how the light is just playing on them. A great way to start your day with taking a photo of a rose.
morningglory
Excellent lighting on these beauties. White Roses are quite dramatic.
magnus073
Nice work Harry, this is a beautiful capture
jocko500
very lovely
auntietk
You're certainly right about the light. This is superb!
Hendesse
Excellent and very beautiful shot. Fantastic light and details.
fallen21
Splendid flowers, well captured!
debbielove
Yep! I can see why they call it the 'Iceberg'.. You've caught it excellently! Well done on the lighting Harry almost perfect! Rob
MrsRatbag
Wowee zowee, Harry, you've done yourself proud on this one! What a stunning capture of these often-overlooked beauties. Excellent lighting that really pops the textural details on the petals. Well done you!
ia-du-lin
beautiful white roses, great lighting and contrast
anahata.c
I agree with all the comments, and especially like Denise's gushing. I promised myself I'd do some of your halloween shots---always a treat, each year, (and great that you find all these amazing monsters in your neighborhood and then single them out with your fine postwork)---but when I don't comment in many days, I can't stand not commenting on the older ones, so I invariably don't make it to the finish line on time. But how could I pass-up this image? This is breathtaking. And I appreciate your technical advice: I really never thought about the lighting-position (ie, back, side, etc): Your choice works wonders here. But what's also perfect is your sense of the near made-of-light quality of the petals, when seen in this light. Or of the way they feel like apparitions against those deep blacks behind them. (If those blacks are from your settings and/or postwork, it's masterful work on your part. You show graphics-sensibilities many times in your gallery, and this is one of those times.) Of the whispered flowers in the background, just enough to take us back into space. Or of your sensitivity to the contours of the leaves right alongside the 'flatness' of some, as if they were sheets of pure light. Or of the morph from light to shade as some petals move from their tip to the connecting base...Another of your beautiful, wholly at-ease flower pieces; and while it has definite dimensions, the dark around it seems to go on forever as if your image emerges out of an infinite recess of space. Smashing, poetic, and quite touching work...
tizjezzme
The lighting in this is yummy. Great shot Harry!