© 2010 Greg McMullin Day 61- What's In a Rose?

Day 61: What’s In a Rose?


So march is upon us and today really felt like the first day for spring. The sun was shining the sky was blue and I felt happy to be alive. There are even crocus’ blooming on Devonshire green. All in all it was a lovely day. I bought my wife some pale yellow roses yesterday. She was very happy with me. Christine likes to receive romantic gifts from time to time but unfortunately she has married one of the worlds least romantic men. Well least romantic in the gift sense I am perfectly romantic in other areas than you very much. However yesterday I had some flowers waiting for her when she got home and she was in a lovely mood all evening. Today I thought I would take a shot of the flowers. This is what I came up with. I took a few shots and even though this is not sharply focused It stood out. It was processed in Lightroom only I gave it a fairly large S contrast curve to bring out the differences between the highlights and the shadows and played with the vibrance and saturation sliders until I was happy. Hope you like it.

Manual Page Read: Page 47 – Using a Tripod. Which I did today to shoot this. I need a new one though…

Images Viewed: I like the way a lot of the other Project 365ers on flickr are making monthly collages too. Whenever I see one I’ve been revisiting their photostreams and marking my favourite one on their collage.

Other Inspiration: Work on the dissertation continues. I think I have nailed down my final contents page now. All I need to do now is research it, write it up and complete the testing phase! Ha!

Day 61- What's In a Rose?-SOOCSOOC

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31 Comments

  1. Greg McMullin
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 4:08 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatSOOC

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  2. renaizzance
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:12 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatBeautiful work Greg

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  3. Lucy Davey75
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:13 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatlovely processing

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  4. pennacook
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:16 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatnicely done. like the detail.

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  5. hasby
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:21 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatnice and effective post-processing!

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  6. buddhagirlAZ
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:21 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatthe orig is fairly precious…i like the subtle softness of it. but what’s not to love on both when love is involved!

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  7. -=Omi=-
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:28 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatSo so beautiful! That light is magical mate!

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  8. ms_shell
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:29 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatBeautiful-

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  9. Niharb
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:35 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatThis is great! I love the lines here.

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  10. Greg McMullin
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 5:55 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatThanks for the comments guys! So you like the soft focus? Me too. I had some that were really sharp but this one just stood out. Primarily due to the softness.

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  11. Lo Scugnizzo ;-) Piero ( On / Off )
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 7:08 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatHi, I’m an admin for a group called il ROSETO *Post 1: Comment 2* , and we’d love to have this added to the group!

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  12. Anna BergIind
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 8:28 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatGreat work! Love the soft texture and the rose is just perfect :)

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  13. OldTom2009
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 8:57 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatLovely shot, Greg.

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  14. riekhavoc
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 9:07 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatreally great composition! i love this photo

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  15. Pola [Monalisa Grafica]
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 9:52 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatgosh!!
    so soft and elegant… beautiful.

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  16. .Timbo.
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 10:08 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatreally nice – like the softness and shapes

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  17. .:shk:.
    Posted March 2, 2010 at 11:29 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatThe soft focus on this subject suits tremendously.

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    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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  18. Ace Angel
    Posted March 3, 2010 at 2:30 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatLove it. Love the lighting, soft focus and color. Godd for you for buying her flowers!

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  19. solveigiris
    Posted March 3, 2010 at 7:27 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatVery nice! So silky smooth!

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  20. mystafied
    Posted March 3, 2010 at 8:52 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatsimply beautiful

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  21. susiecw47
    Posted March 3, 2010 at 8:52 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatIt’s so smooth it almost looks like butter. I can’t stop looking at this beautiful flower. Good husband, too.

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  22. Laney Scott
    Posted March 3, 2010 at 11:39 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatWonderful shot! It’s almost liquid!

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  23. Vanda Hellsing
    Posted March 3, 2010 at 11:45 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatAmazing!

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  24. drdesigns
    Posted March 4, 2010 at 4:32 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatVery nice. Dreamy, romantic looking.

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    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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  25. RobLee.info
    Posted March 4, 2010 at 6:43 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatAs usual super processing, really striking image as a result, nice work!

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  26. Robbie Kennedy (Expresbro)
    Posted March 4, 2010 at 11:04 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatSoft caramel feel to it…very nice.

    Also like how you post the unedited version. Might consider doing that myself. :-)
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    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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  27. chrismphillips
    Posted March 6, 2010 at 5:36 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatIncredibly soft. Very nice.

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  28. emily s
    Posted March 6, 2010 at 9:58 AM | #

    This is stunning! I love the creamy flow of the petals … gorgeous!

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  29. Emi-555
    Posted March 10, 2010 at 1:54 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatso wonderful !!

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  30. Greg McMullin
    Posted March 11, 2010 at 3:29 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: WhatOh cool! I just noticed this shot made it into explore! thanks guys…

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    http://bighugelabs.com/scout.php (?)

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  31. foshydog
    Posted April 3, 2010 at 11:10 AM | #

    Project 365 Day 61: Whatmissed this one somehow. damn this is smooth and silky and rad all in one.

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