1st Rose

Gallery: FloraPosted March 1, 201277 views4 comments

This is the first rose that has opened. We did not have much of a cold spell and my plants are starting to put off the most beautiful blooms already. I usually am taking pics of wildlife, but I could not pass this rose by. Any c & c's welcome. Thank you for looking!

Canon 50d
f/5.6
1/200 exposure
ISO 500
focal length 400mm

25% cropped and some slight sharpening

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on March 1, 2012 at 8:47 AM

Beautiful, Carlette. Classic red rose expertly captured. I like the DOF, and the dew drops. My only minor nit here is the distracting stem going horizontally across the bottom. I don't know whether this could have been avoided. Maybe you could clone it out.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 1, 2012 at 10:25 PM

Carlette:
This rose is surely very beautiful and the drops make it look refreshing. The bg is mostly fine except for the horizontal branch. Hopefully you can avoid it if you have a chance to re-take. Otherwise, either do a real tight crop or clone it out.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on March 2, 2012 at 4:31 AM

The flower is beautifully separated from the bg, Carlette, and nicely captured altogether. Agree about the lower stem being maybe a touch distracting - but then that's nature !

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 6, 2012 at 10:41 PM

Hi Carlette

Your first rose of the year is beautifully captured.

cropping or cloning the bottom of the stem would make this image even better

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments