Working On My Love-Hate Relationship
Last week I took some photos and thought would store them a month or two, till the cold, gloomy weather settles in and post if then. Today I took more photos and I thought I'd post them to see how I've done.
Fair warning, this is the time to turn around and run away till it's not too late. This is not NSFW but I know how many people hate roses and find them kitschy. Unfortunately so many rose photos on the internet are like that, I hate them too and it's a shame things got this bad. However, the reason I took these photos is another.
My relationship with red roses is a love-hate one, especially because it's extremely difficult for me to take good photos. Other colors are fine, but red is a nightmare, especially when the light is strong, and guess what? During summer, when rose are flowering the light is always strong.
Today the weather was so so, there were times when the sun was out, then there was overcast and sunny again. I saw these roses and wanted to give it a try, to see if I can take some half decent photos. My main focus was light and texture.
Although this one has good parts as the dry petal and the small bud is nice, the rest is not something to be proud of. Looks like orange is just as difficult to capture as red.
These are my favorites as the bud has more than one color and you can see the texture of the green part, surrounding the bud. During autumn, there's always a bonus, when it comes to rose buds, Let's see if you can spot what I am talking about :)
The truth is, there's a big difference between what you see on the display of the phone and the big screen at home. What seems to be perfect on your phone, turns out to be a disaster on the big screen.
And this is the tricky part. I love these roses as they look good but unfortunately the kitschy photos on the internet made a lot of damage to its image. However, I wanted to take some good photos, but this is not even close to my standards.
I could say that there was a breeze making my job harder, which is true, but then again, every photographer is facing different challenges, I don't think there's a perfect setup, ever for anyone, unless you're in a studio, where you can control everything. Otherwise, you find a solution to be better. Excuses won't get you far.
I guess I'm gonna stick to buds as nothing can beat this beauty in my opinion. This bud is still green and the details are amazing. Look at those veins and the details of the green "leaves" around the bud.
Now I see there was a fly on the bud as well. That's another bonus for you.
Here you got a spider too.
In conclusion: I took a few good shots but I need to do better next time. There's room for improvement.
I don't even dare to ask if you have a favorite 😬
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Hello dear friend @erikah good day
I think you are a bit severe and very demanding with your shots, in particular I see some really beautiful shots
I appreciate that you have shared this beautiful collection of images of roses
enjoy it a lot
Hi @jlufer. Being severe and very demanding with myself is the only way to grow and develop my skills.
Thank you for stopping by and I'm glad you like my photos. Have a nice evening :)
It's a beautiful rose, you also take cool pictures.
I like.
Thank you!
Gorgeous images of rose buds and open roses @Erikah!🌹
I know exactly what you mean and the struggle is real. And yes, red flowers are the
worstmost challenging color to photograph. Sounds as though we both are perfectionists and can be overly critical of our photographic work.🙄😶Two tone roses will always be my favorites and this beauty of yours looks absolutely elegant!
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I think we were sisters in a previous life as I think the same. It;s very difficult to deal with red flowers and yes, you take some shots, you're very satisfied with the outcome and when you go home, you get a huge slap on the face 😂 That's life!
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Oh come on, I would definitely have a favourite. I don’t like bright colours but I like the yellow flower a lot. I wonder if there is a black flower?🤔. Whenever I find one I will make a whole post about it😂.
The yellow unfortunately is not too sharp, but yellow roses are nice indeed.
Nowadays everything is possible and I'm sure there are black roses as well, just as there are black tulips, which are more like very dark purple.
In this part of the country, it will be difficult to come across a tulip. It's mostly hot so that will be nearly impossible. I will make sure to look for one in case I travel or something.
Tulips won't resit a day in hot temperature. Obviously they can be imported and kept in adequate temperature but at what costs?
Yep at what cost really? It's only someone who loves flowers to the moon or has a specific need for them will go through all that trouble.
You seem obsessed with flowers lately, hahaha. These are really perfect! Of course my favorite are the roses you shot from above.
Nope! I'm obsessed with taking good photos of flowers! There's a big difference my friend! 😂
Okay, deal, but if your next post is also about flowers, then you are obsessed with flowers 😂😂.
Some great images, you should be proud of what you achieved, whilst always striving for improvement! I really enjoyed the one with the web and the bonus fly! Great images all round, thanks for sharing!
Thank you @slothlydoesit. Indeed there are good photos as well, but it's frustrating that I can't get the red ones right.
Practise makes perfect! Keep at it, can't wait to see your next attempts!
dont be so hard with yourself @erikah you took really good photos!
I have to be :)
Really liking the two tone ones, but they are all looking great! And as you said about the weather, colors are the best in sunny weather, for photo's it just needs to be cloudy.
The two tone ones are my favorite too, so delicate.
I love the images, you really tried in capturing them, do you mean that those yellow roses are actually red? Didn't get that part clearly about not capturing it's real colour.
No, there were red roses that I photographed but the photos are bad so I didn't posted them and the yellow ones are not sharp enough.
Ok, i understand you better now, the yellow ones still looks beautiful even though they weren't sharp enough.
These are great shots.
I noticed a fly on the 4th full photo. Damn, so cool! Were you aware of its presence there before taking the shot?
Thank you. Yes I was aware and was hoping it will not be blurry.
Oh, that's cool.
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How can anyone not love the colour and scent of a rose? One of my favourite parts of my garden to walk around. They are high maintenance though
There are many, trust me, some can't even stand flowers :) However, we don't care, right?
we certainly DO NOT care!!!!!, even weeds are just flowers in the wrong place
Nice pictures you got there🖕.
You did a great job while taking those pictures; the tone, light, and texture are fully decent👌😍😍.
You have the right to ask because I have a favorite; the picture with green buds and leaves. It was calmly beautiful🥰🥰🥰.
Thank you! The green buds are really cute, those are my favorites too.
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Wow this is really a good picture brother, I really like every detail of the picture you share, even the flies look beautiful next to the blooming flowers, I also really like flowers, especially roses that smell so fragrant and fragrant.
I'm not surprised these pictures are the best because I'm always expecting beautiful 😍 pictures from you, all the roses 🌹 picture are top-notch. I fell in love with what I'm seeing, Thank you for sharing .😊
I wouldn't go that far, but I'm glad you like them, I tried to do my best and post only the good ones 😂
Thank you!
Nice pictures my friend, I liked them very much, I hope you are feeling well! A hug
Thank you and have a nice evening.
Your photos are very nice. To be able to witness in the flowers the change due to the season must be something spectacular.
I had that problem with red flowers some time ago in one of my posts. I thought it only happened with the camera i was using. I didn't know that the light intensity had anything to do with it.
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I would say, all of the flowers are my favorite. :)
The shots are perfect, you know. They are so neat and I see the beauty in every flower. It does fascinate me (I guess others too) to see such raw images, not like the perfect one with no background like the stock photos.
Glad you shared. I would love to see more :) :)
Even with all the stress , you did great justice to it bro. Chill don't be so hard on yourself 🤣🤣🤣 happens to me Everytime I'm making an outfit too 🤗🤗🤗