I have a soft spot for black and white photography, I was once again reminded about the importance of exposure, light. It is the key element in these photos.
Roses, they look lovely in black and white
The way that light hits objects, I think, is one of the more important things that sculpture and photography share. – Rashid Johnson
Posted for Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
October colors on lilac leaves. Looks like nature placed hearts on the grass to get my attention.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
Once again, Rose, in its glory.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
A unknown flower to me, but it is, a beautiful and delicate. I’ve so many flower photos, that I have not shared. These are taken from my trop to Sri Lanka.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
Rose, flower is a flower and beautiful in its own right. As is hydrangea, both in pink tones
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge. This time I am just posting shots of roses.
I love to have fresh flowers at home, I picked some roses this time.
“The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change: Yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.”
– Paulo Coelho
We call this rose juhannus ruusu, a midsummer rose. This summer it has bloomed beautifully. Happy Sunday!
My son had this Planters Pyrat XO Reserve bottle that he was about to throw away (some side information 🙂 The Pyrat gets its name from the Old English word for pirate. The stout bottle of the XO Reserve is also a tribute to this heritage.) I looked at bottle a little bit closer, I noticed that this would make a nice vase for few flowers. I washed, it took the labels of and I had a prop for my photo add three roses and lets shoot. Pretty.
A Bottle, Rose, greens and a kettle holder. Shadow and light. Color play.
No explanation really needed, this is a yellow rose. Enjoy!
A rose is a rose even in black and white
I was trying to capture bokeh so I walked around my yard, looking at flowers and trying to capture a beautiful moment and maybe a slightly different angle. Everything has been photographed million times so that is impossible, but one can always try…
“I must have flowers, always, and always.”― Claude Monet
I have been blogging for some time. In the begin I was slow getting followers, as I had no idea of what I was doing. Them in 2014 I gained a lot of new followers, I was very active…, back then.I started to work fulltime again and surprise, surprise, it slowed down. This spring I have gained many new followers to my surprise and joy.
I am so glad and happy for the old followers, and grateful that you still come and comment, even if I am very bad and lazy about doing it myself. Sorry about that!
I am also extremely happy for the new ones, thanks so much for the follows it means a lot to me.
I am one short for 1000 followers…anyone want to be the 1000 follower?
I bought 40 roses last weekend so I have now a bunch of rose pics…but this is
the last one of the day
I started with the idea of capturing the beauty of a fading rose, the texture and structure; that is, in its own way also lovely. I did end up taking also other sets; marble my previous post. Kitty, and red necklace. Here is my faded roses first.
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 