A rose ready for Christmas

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The flower centered re-posted

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Scrolling through my flower archive in search of an emotive flower I met this october rose already decorated for the Christmas holidays.

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Do you feeel a bit of emotion?

Technical Details

D 800, Nikkor 200mm macro at 200mm - f/19, ISO 250, 1/750 sec

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Gigi: I think I remember this and it’s as wonderful now as when first posted. Beautiful lighting and the dew drops are really special ornaments. Marvelous subject superbly rendered. Merry Christmas my friend.>=))>

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This is gorgeous, Gigi. Your mastery of lighting is very apparent in this image.

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Giuseppe,

Stunning photograph! The lighting is exquisite and the dew drops just puts this way over the top. My only suggestion would be to crop just a tiny bit off the right side and top to balance the rose in the center.

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Just stunning. No more words.

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Wonderful.
Maybe I go with @Youssef_Ismail : put the rose in the center. But I love the original post.

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This is so elegant Gigi. Beautiful light and those beads of water sparkle light diamonds.

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@Bill_Fach, @Dennis_Plank, @Youssef_Ismail, @SandyR-B, @Han_Schutten, @Ed_Williams thanks a lot for your nice comments, I am so glad that you liked it so much. Happy holidays to all of you.
@Youssef_Ismail you are perfecly right, the shape of the subject asks for a square format. I leaved a bit of space in the right because I wished to include same leaves even if rather dark but posted in NPN they are almost invisible. Therefore I have to decide or leaves less dark or the rose in the center following your good advise. Thanks.

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WOW! A wondrous capture, with such amazing other-worldly lighting on the dew drops! I like the idea of a slight crop from the right, as there is so much visual weight toward the left from the droplets and lighter tones.

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@Diane_Miller, thanks Diane I am happy that you like so much this rose. Yes I think that I must forget the idea of lightening a bit the leaves in the right and make the rose in the centre. This nice rose deserves this. I have re-posted the flower.
An happy 2005 rich also of beautiful photos.

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@Youssef_Ismail, @Han_Schutten in the re-post in the top I centered the flower as it deserves following your good suggestion. Thanks again.

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Once more: a wonderful image. Thanks for sharing.