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Comment by Denise:
what a beautiful flower, this is a new one to me

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Comment by Kelli:
I love orange roses! These are gorgeous!

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Comment by rodneyg:
Would have like to have been able to get a tighter crop but I couldn't get closer. Wishing for a 2x teleconverter now, lol.

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Comment by rodneyg:
Our town has a rose garden so I decided to drive by there during a lull in the rain. These caught my eye due to the unique color. I've been really busy working on my "honey-do" list so I haven't started on the crosswords. I just might have time to pick my guitar up and start playing it again.

Originally posted by pixelpig: Are you the gardener for this gorgeous rose, as well as the photog? It's beautiful & the raindrops are lovely, too. [eta] Doin' any crossword puzzles yet? "D

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Comment by patio127:
Appears that the roses like the damn rain -LOL ! Beautiful image with much to look at- peach dream of a rose :)

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Comment by pixelpig:
Are you the gardener for this gorgeous rose, as well as the photog? It's beautiful & the raindrops are lovely, too. [eta] Doin' any crossword puzzles yet? "D

Message edited by author 2009-06-17 12:20:25.

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Comment by jowood:
Beautiful.
I wish I had a garden full of these:-)
I bet they smell gorgeous.

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Comment by Katmystiry:
Wow! That is a brilliant orange color!

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Comment by Citadel:
Greetings from the critique club!

I'd have to agree with scooter's comment. The connection to the challenge should be done with the picture not the title. It seemed there were a lot of images in this that were doing that so you aren't alone.

As for the shot itself: Great sharpness in the eyes. Colors are nicely saturated. The scene itself is really hard to shoot for however. There are some distracting bright spots and some areas that are just about completely blown out. Its a shame because the subject and the foreground are exposed nicely.

Overall not a bad shot but one that might have done better in a different challenge.

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Comment by stargazer05766:
STunning!! I love them..