Roses in Melbourne

On the day I found out that Prince died, I went to the park across the street from our apartment and photographed the roses.

5DSR4295It was an attempt to find some beauty in a world that suddenly seemed a little bit dimmer for the loss of a musical icon. Taking photos of the beautiful flowers made me feel just a tiny bit better. Getting some nice images was just a bonus. I’m sharing a few of those today.

5DSR4287The roses came in just about every color you could imagine, but for some reason all of my favorite images turned out to be pink ones. Well, there was that one amazing purple rose, but I already shared that on Facebook and I hate to repeat myself. So today we’re sticking to the pink.

5DSR4297It’s actually difficult to get good photos of deep red tones with a digital camera. Reds get really saturated and look fake. So I have to tone them down quite a bit to get something that looks realistic. Not a problem with these pink beauties.

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