Roses

[fish]

Spring is here and the roses are starting to bloom in earnest. Let's see your roses. This could be an awfully long thread.

Here's one of my bourbon roses. Not a terrific shot, but it beats working :D I'll replace it with a better shot one of these days.

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3189822-M.jpg

[Baldy]

That shot was taken this year?? Our (my wife's; real men don't grow roses) roses are far from blooming. It may take me awhile to contribute to this assignment.

[lynnma]

That shot was taken this year?? Our (my wife's; real men don't grow roses) roses are far from blooming. It may take me awhile to contribute to this assignment.Fish...my daffodils arn't even up yet... let alone me roses.. in fact it's only just starting to vaguely bud..:rofl

[fish]

That shot was taken this year?? Our (my wife's; real men don't grow roses) roses are far from blooming. It may take me awhile to contribute to this assignment.

A) It was taken 2004-03-31 14:07:53.

B) :flip

C) We've been having spectacular weather down here in the south bay...considerably warmer than where you are. Our growing season is essentially Feb-Dec.

[fish]

Fish...my daffodils arn't even up yet... let alone me roses.. in fact it's only just starting to vaguely bud..:rofl I pruned the HTs way late this year, so probably won't see much on them for another few weeks. The OGRs are on the verge of explosion and I'd expect to be able to get some killer macro shots within the next week or so. As far as daffodils, it doesn't usually get cold enough here for them to do well. In fact, I've had very poor luck with all winter bulbs. Roses, azaleas, fuchsias, camelias, and rhododendrons all go nuts here tho.


Eat your heart out, mrs. baldy! :D
100+ petals
http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3190294-M.jpg

Altissimo...5 petals and no stink.
http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3190295-M.jpg

[Seamaiden]

I wish you could capture the scent. The honeysuckle is what's up my nose right now. <sniffffsniffff>

[fish]

I wish you could capture the scent. The honeysuckle is what's up my nose right now. <sniffffsniffff>
Funnily, I was thinking the same thing this afternoon. The bourbons (aka OGR or Old Garden Rose) have powerfully strong scents. There are only a few hybrid teas that come anywhere close. The really interesting part is that direct sunlight brings out the strong scent and when the sun goes down the scent strength drops off dramatically.

[Purrcat]

Taken at Disneyland this week.
http://purrcat1.smugmug.com/photos/3209033-M.jpg

[tgame]

Very early.

http://candlet.smugmug.com/photos/3326325-M.jpg


http://candlet.smugmug.com/photos/3326324-M.jpg

[lynnma]

Very early.

http://candlet.smugmug.com/photos/3326325-M.jpg


http://candlet.smugmug.com/photos/3326324-M.jpgOh thats a really beautiful shot Tony.. lovely lovely...

[pathfinder]

Fish...my daffodils arn't even up yet... let alone me roses.. in fact it's only just starting to vaguely bud..:rofl
You want daffodils with that?!

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/3355010-L.jpg

Or would petunias do as well?

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/3355011-L.jpg

[fish]

no offense, PF, but this is a ROSE thread. Off to the flowers thread for you...

[dugmar]

Our (my wife's; real men don't grow roses) roses are far from blooming.
Actually, gardening is quite a masculine hobby Baldy.
I know you were only joking, but a lot of the great gardens in the world were designed, and maintained by men.

Great shots here.

-Doug

[wxwax]

Taken at Disneyland this week.

Maybe not a rose, but a very sweet shot.

[pathfinder]

no offense, PF, but this is a ROSE thread. Off to the flowers thread for you...
Sorry I was responding to Lynn's complaint that her daffodils were not up - did not mean to hijack your thread......http://www.dgrin.com/images/icons/bncry.gif

[tmlphoto]

http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3502852-S.jpgI've been booted from the spring thread :) Hopefully the rose crowd is a little more understanding. All of our roses are starting to bloom down here in south Georgia.http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3376989-S.jpg

[rutt]

I've been booted from the spring thread :) Hopefully the rose crowd is a little more understanding. All of our roses are starting to bloom down here in south Georgia.http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3376989-S.jpg
Very nice! How did you get the black background?

[GREAPER]

There are no roses here yet but I took this in the hotel parking lot last week in San Fransisco

[GREAPER]

and here is one from my files

[tmlphoto]

Very nice! How did you get the black background?
The original was underexposed by about 2 stops. Then I lower the background with the "levels" in Photoshop. Then selected background with magic wand and changed to black. I had to finish off some areas by hand with the paitbrush, but the edge around the flower was nice with the wand. I have been impressed how much you can underexpose a digital image and still get a useful image in post processing.

Thomas

[tmlphoto]

The original was underexposed by about 2 stops. Then I lower the background with the "levels" in Photoshop. Then selected background with magic wand and changed to black. I had to finish off some areas by hand with the paitbrush, but the edge around the flower was nice with the wand. I have been impressed how much you can underexpose a digital image and still get a useful image in post processing.

Thomas
Here are a before and after set using the same technique, although the beginning exposure was normally exposed.

Before picture. See next post for after.

[tmlphoto]

Here is the after.

[wxwax]

:thumb Beauty!

[fish]

Another way to darken the background is the use a spot or partial meter, expose for the flower and the background, if it's in the shade, should underexpose much darker. When you take your shots, try to ensure that there is a lot of contrast between the flower and the background. You can also burn anything that's too bright in the background.

[fish]

Sheer Bliss
http://coyfish.smugmug.com/photos/3411215-L.jpg

Sombreuil
http://coyfish.smugmug.com/photos/3411246-L.jpg

Jacques Cartier
http://coyfish.smugmug.com/photos/3411166-L.jpg

[fish]

.http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3522698-L.jpg

[tmlphoto]

Very nice fish. Here are a couple of my own.
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3376988-M-1.jpg

[tmlphoto]

#2
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3411981-M.jpg

[tmlphoto]

What the heck, how about one more!:D
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3411978-M.jpg

[pavlov]

I took this with my old Sony DSC-P5

[fish]

What the heck, how about one more!:D
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3411978-M.jpg

Nice. That looks like Simplicity...is it?

[Richard Cabesa]

Don't know what kind, Fish?

[fish]

I'm guessing Iceberg. Roses are fun to grow and fun to shoot. Sometimes, I even take pictures of them. :lol

[fish]

Antika

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3570837-L.jpg

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3570836-L.jpg

[fish]

Renae

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3570835-L.jpg

[rutt]

... is a rose is a rose.

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/3592481-L.jpg

[tmlphoto]

Nice. That looks like Simplicity...is it?
Not sure, I'll have to get back to you after some research.

[Sandy]

The fragrant roses are my favorite. These caught my eye and nose.

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A5669523232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D%3A37%3D56%3C%3DXROQDF%3E23234%3C%3B6345%3A9ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A5669523232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3B%3D%3A37%3D56%3C%3DXROQDF%3E23234%3C%3B638276ot1lsi

[rutt]

I was frustrated after shooting the marathon and passed this on the way to my back. At least it stood still.


http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/3594889-L.jpg (http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/3594889-O.jpg)

[tmlphoto]

found this on a walk through the neighborhoodhttp://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3641012-L.jpg

[tmlphoto]

One more...http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3641011-M.jpg

[maserati2]

I am in Michigan, no roses in sight yet in 2004. Best I can do for now is last year, but just wait until June!.

[SavannahMan]

Awesome thread going on here...had to take a stab....

http://savannahman.smugmug.com/photos/3690479-M.jpg

http://savannahman.smugmug.com/photos/3690740-M.jpg

http://savannahman.smugmug.com/photos/3691300-M.jpg

Don't know if that last one was a rose or not, but I figured "pluck it", I'll post it anyway....

[tmlphoto]

Lets keep the thread going...

http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3763643-M.jpg

[fish]

Great photos! I'd love to be able to keep it going, but we're in the midst of a heat wave and all the roses are wilting :(