Roses are Red.....Well this one certainly is.

[Ndukes]

In Ireland they often say "If you can see the mountains, it is going to rain. If you can't see the mountains, it is already raining"

This large rose shines like a beacon, growing in very poor soil and trailing up a timber screen to hide ugly things like central heating boiler, garbage bins and so forth.


Nikon Df with Sigma 50mm f2.8 Macro. 1/60 at f16, ISO 500. Fill-in flash (Nissin Di622 mark II)

I must admit to a little cheating. There was no rain but a small water bottle with mist sprayer can in handy.

I am now being punished for this act of deceit as the rain has started and it looks like it has no plans for stopping.

[Shadowman]

Let's just hope it's not a punishment for impatience. Nicely captured.

[xpatUSA]

Wow, Neville, that's one of the technically reddest flower images I've ever seen on the net! It's really pretty.

In many places it's even pure red, e.g. the pixel at location x,y = 1043, 18: RGB = 170, 0, 0; HSV = 0 deg, 100% sat, 67% bright.

And the hue histogram shows an average of 0 deg (pure red) with a std. dev. of only about 2 deg.

Chromatically outstanding!

[deetheturk]

Lovely capture Neville!

[Kris V]

Gorgeous! I'm soooooo jealous. I can't keep roses alive....

[Ndukes]

Thank you John, Ted, David and Kris for comments. Kris, I find it hard to keep most things alive in a garden that's quite open and exposed to almost constant winds but I suppose we need to seize the moment to capture them in their prime.

[IzzieK]

Roses need at least 6 hours of sunshine...if it is in the shade it does not flower. My first flowers growing up were wild orchids and roses. My neighbours around here asked how I have a lot of roses and I said they are from trimmings -- I plant them on the ground and what grows, grows; what doesn't goes.

Anyhow, that explanation taken cared of, Neville -- that is a very nice flower shot just that it has too much spray for me, you should have shaken off a little bit then take the shot...I like that biggy round water drop at the bottom near the middle...looks good.

[bnnrcn]

Lovely color, very nice shot

[Ndukes]

Thank you Izzie and Binnur. Good point about the droplets Izzie. Sometimes less is more.

[DanK]

Nice detail.

On this side of the pond, we say the same about Seattle and Mount Rainier.

[JBW]

don't mess with Mother Nature! But it is a pretty shot.

[Ndukes]

Thanks guys. It's stopped raining now, so perhaps it was just a warning!