Monday, March 31, 2014

Where The Wild Roses Grow

Spring brings with itself so many things that always amaze me again. For example the smell of roses. I get used to it during spring and summer, and once the roses disappear I stop thinking about the scents. Then spring comes around again and the red buds seem like a fresh discovery.

I applied a soft-look to the last image, since it goes well with roses and our notion of them. These roses are bright red, smell wonderful and make the green scenery complete.

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This is the edited soft-focus image, I was taking about. I desaturated the colors slightly and added a selective blur to this. I like to finish it off with some digital grain. It gives film-look to your image. If you want I can make a tutorial for this technique.


I hope these red roses will brighten up your day. Thanks for visiting!

31 comments:

  1. they did brighten the day and I love what you did to the last one, it makes the petals so sharp and clear and the blur makes me concentrate on the beautiful center.... love the trees and rocks photo to

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    1. Thanks Sandra for visiting. Glad you liked them.

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  2. They do brighten my day! I have snow on the ground here!

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    1. I hope it will melt away soon. Then again, we haven't had any major snowfalls here this past winter.

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  3. they're beautiful, mersad.

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  4. Beautiful roses and images! We're not that far into spring yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

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  5. Pretty flowers and great images. How do you expose the red color properly? I have a hard time getting the exposure right.

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    1. I try to focus for a middle tone, and then shoot. For the flower specifically that would be the petals.

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  6. gorgeous!! i'm starting to see things blooming here, such an exciting time of the year!

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  7. Ah, I do love the roses, Mersad, and your captures are fantastic as always!! Thanks for the color on this gray day in Portland!! Have a great week!

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  8. What a treat to be able to walk among these vibrant flowers. Beautiful as only a red rose can be!!

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  9. Stunning! Red roses are so beautiful. Ours won't be blooming for a couple of months yet. The cold snap we had I think may have killed a few of mine so I'll be needing to replace them.
    That wooded area looks like a wonderful place to while away some time.

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  10. Thank you for linking up to MM! All of your photos are great!

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  11. Your wild roses are a treat for my eyes. Thanks.

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  12. Beautiful roses.. really love the last one.

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  13. Fabulous roses, the last one is my favourite. I am looking forward to my roses this year.

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  14. Oh ja das machen sie und es sind wundervolle Fotos geworden. Besonders schön finde ich auch dass sie noch riechen. Kenne den Duft auch von hier und wünschte mir dann, so wie jetzt auch ne Riechfunktion ;-)

    Liebe GrĂĽssle

    Nova

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    1. Das wäre eine wunderbare Funktion! :)

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  15. I've been thinking that our roses have deeper colours now as they are dying off but your shots make a nonsense of that notion. Beautiful.

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  16. Roses certainly lift the spirits. Thanks for sharing.

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  17. HI Mersad Yes they did brighten up my day as I feel very tired today. Thanks for sharing

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  18. Beautiful Roses, Mersad! I really like that last one. No flower planting here yet - it was only 14 degrees this morning!

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  19. The roses look soft as velvet!

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  20. Absolutely beautiful. The lighting in the last one is perfect.

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    1. The sun was very good to me in that one! :)

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