Fringe | Photograffy » Rose http://www.photograffy.com Photography for the rest of us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:31:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Borrowed Rose http://www.photograffy.com/2010/02/borrowed-rose/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.photograffy.com/2010/02/borrowed-rose/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:50:30 +0000 david http://www.photograffy.com/2010/02/borrowed-rose/

Borrowed Rose

Borrowed Rose

Originally uploaded by david

Something Old,
Something New,
Something Borrowed,

Hey…. borrow… borrow… now that’s a fine idea! You see, the shot must be taken. And not having a suitable subject is seldom much of a problem when there is borrowing to be had. Once again I selected a nice little rose for my photography, and, ah, er … borrowed it. This little rose is very, very little. It measures under 1″ wide in real life… it’s quite small, but thanks to a little creativity, it is presented here for you larger than life. It is nominally part of a mini-rose plant (and yes, I left the rest of the plant intact, although there was a dicey moment in there where I thought that perhaps the plant itself was in the way, and eyeing a pair of scissors thought of a solution. Just as I was about to implement said solution I realized that this would not be a wise move, seeing as how I value my life, and quickly thought up another plan) and it just begged to have its picture taken. The Baby’s Breath (perhaps a tad past its prime, I’ll admit) added a little dimension to the photo, and here we have Borrowed Rose.

Something Old,
Something New,
Something Borrowed,
And now she’s Blue.

Uh-oh. My borrowing was just discovered. I need to run…

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A Rose Among The Darkness, originally uploaded by ifringe.

I’ve always wanted to try desaturating a photo to see how that worked out, and the other day finally had a moment to mess with that. I said “finally” because I am like a crow with a shiny object sometimes, and one never knows what will catch [...]]]>

A Rose Among The Darkness, originally uploaded by ifringe.

I’ve always wanted to try desaturating a photo to see how that worked out, and the other day finally had a moment to mess with that. I said “finally” because I am like a crow with a shiny object sometimes, and one never knows what will catch my attention next.

So, I’ve had this on my list of things to do forever, and finally worked on it. (In my own defense, my list of things to do is a rather big list, and it is always getting bigger. If I owe you something, don’t worry…I’m getting there. I would say “sooner or later”, but you’ve probably figured out that “sooner” isn’t as realistic as one would hope. Anyway…)

I intentionally darkened the background; my goal here was to get the rose to really, really pop. And I liked the little bud out on the right of the photo, too, so I left it slightly red.

And thus we have a rose among the darkness.

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