The Difficult Rose by photosynthesis
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“There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.” - Henri Matisse
I think the same is true for a photographer. I always hesitate before posting a rose (or a sunset or a waterfall), because they've been photographed so many times that they've become cliches. But sometimes you just gotta go for it...
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Comments (9)
SunriseGirl
I love flowers...no matter how many times they get posted. This is very nice with the waterdroplets on it. Thanks for sharing.
jayfar
A beautiful and shining job Claude.
durleybeachbum
Nothing wrong with cliches this good
Faemike55
I think you did a great job. everyone has their own interpretation of a rose, waterfall, etc.
goodoleboy
Cool reddish capture of this variety of rose. I'm glad I never heard of this Matisse quote, because otherwise I would have never posted my 315 rose photos - so far - on Renderosity.
Juliette.Gribnau
beautifully captured; I think this is so true !
CavalierLady
I often feel the same way about one subject or another, but you captured this rose beautifully!
MrsRatbag
What a beautiful shade! Gorgeous bloom and capture.
anahata.c
I agree with Matisse, and it would apply to other subjects too. I'm terrible at ALL flower photographs, so I'd have to leave a 14 page apology before I shot a rose; but even when I drew them, I was so conscious of how "archetypal" they were. Well, you caught this is a kind of rose-made-of-light, and while it's clearly a real flower, it seems to have evolved out of the dark as a billow of many lights and hues. I like that the center is nearly awash in those saturated reds. And I like the angle, with the rose looking to our right, as if giving a profile. Your background is a sea of rich dark greens, and it sets of the rose very nicely. Very sweet shooting, Claude (and postwork). I think you treat your subjects with such vitality, you can shoot just about anything. (There's an old joke about matisse, if I could only remember it. Something about the dentist. "I went to get ma-tisse fixed". I don't remember the beginning, but it probably didn't help. It was in the league of "where did van gogh?" There was always someone in class who said, "do something with Caravaggio!" Don't think I didn't try...)