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More Parfait

Roses are my most favorite flower to photograph.  Besides their beauty I enjoy being around them taking in the entire sensory experience.  Within a single rose bush, depending on what stages the flowers are, you can take several different shots … Continue reading

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The end of the valentine…

They were nice while they lasted…have a great weekend everyone!    

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Monochrome Monday – When is red black?

When it’s a beautiful hybrid tea rose named Red Masterpiece that has been converted to black and white.  I feel that while the rose is beautiful in it’s natural red color, processing the image into B&W brings out subtle details … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Yellow

Yellow is a happy bright color.  It reminds me of the sun, of butter, of daffodils in spring, lemon meringue pies and those strange Peep candies.  Yellow makes me smile and feel warm…something I am sorely missing right now; sunny … Continue reading

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I’m still standing

As seen in a local park; a black-eyed Susan still growing and lifting it’s head to the…well, on this day it was an overcast sky.  That just goes to show you that life finds a way to look up no … Continue reading

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Judy, Judy, Judy

No, this isn’t a Judy rose…it’s a Cary Grant orange/orange blend hybrid tea rose.  Now who gets the post title here?   😉  

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In a suburban Ohio garden…

Also known as one of my neighbors beautiful flower gardens.  They are a bit used to me now; popping up in their yards with camera in hand hunched over or kneeling in their grass.  I have no idea what kind … Continue reading

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The Snowy Rose

Even though my plans for this week were to just feature re-worked Boston images done in monochrome I just had to share this with you because I’m so thrilled with it!  Saturday the winds howled and the snow fell – … Continue reading

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End of Summer beginning of Fall

And still there are some roses to be found…Folklore rose – hybrid tea.  Taken at the rose park this week. F4.5 – 1/1000 – ISO100 – 100mm – Daylight WB

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Part of the arrangement…Part 2

Same birthday bouquet but this is the sibling flower to the previous magenta/pink/fuchsia one.  These are white with just a hint of lavender around the edges like the roses.  And with this,  the macro theme for the week comes to … Continue reading

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