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14-FEB-2009 Tricia

Valentines Day Roses

At home

Sayer had these beautiful red roses delivered to me for Valentines Day and I just had to
take a photo of them to keep them alive in an image. I started to photograph them in the
kitchen as I have always done in the past, then remembered that he has his studio lights
set up in the spare bedroom so took flowers, vase and camera up there to have a go
with that set up. It was not as easy as I thought to get a professional looking photo of
a vase of roses, I moved the flowers around a lot and took a fair number of shots until
I captured something I was happy with.
Do you think I could get a job photographing flowers? :)
I had plenty of time to play around as we had arranged to go out for the day, but heavy snow
put paid to our plans :(

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/200s f/10.0 at 40.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Lesley 16-Feb-2009 19:51
Beautiful flowers and great capture they almost look 3D. Good job Sayer.
Sandra Horne 16-Feb-2009 14:16
The picture is fantastic and how lucky are you!!! The red shows up really well against the dark background.
Char16-Feb-2009 00:50
Wow Tricia! I think you did a terrific job of capturing these beauties. Everything is perfect.
Tamara 15-Feb-2009 15:35
Gorgeous flowers (nice job Sayer), and a beautiful picture to remember them by...
Ann...15-Feb-2009 15:31
Oh! what beautiful roses - lucky you!! They look wonderful!
Guest 15-Feb-2009 15:10
That was me Madeleine making the guest comment. I thought I would let you know as did not realize it would come up anonomously!
Guest 15-Feb-2009 15:09
Thats a great photo and such a good idea to have a lasting reminder of those beautiful red roses,
Sally 15-Feb-2009 12:54
Hi Tricia, Happy Valentines Day! Your photograghy is beautiful as usual, I have tied a couple of time to photograph roses that were special to me and I know it is
a challenge your lighting is great and the dark background really sets them off.
Derrick 15-Feb-2009 12:14
Who's a lucky girl with red roses.
Guest 15-Feb-2009 10:56
Beautifully lit. You can smell them the image is just right. Well done Tricia.
Guest 15-Feb-2009 01:15
They are so lovely and you did a magnificant job of capturing their beauty. The color is wonderful. Feel like we could reach out and touch them.
Ann Williams in Ohio 15-Feb-2009 01:10
Simply beautiful!! I know it's a photo you will always want to keep. What a very lucky lady you are. (Wish I had a sweetheart.)
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography15-Feb-2009 00:16
Beautiful :)
Saso Stavrev14-Feb-2009 21:04
Lovely story. Happy Valentine's day.
Marj Shockley14-Feb-2009 19:07
These are beautiful and you did an excellent job with your studio capture!
The color and clarity is wonderful. V
Guest 14-Feb-2009 19:01
BEAUTIFUL! V
Nicki Thurgar14-Feb-2009 18:31
Wow, these are stunning! And you photographed them perfectly Tricia!