Frosty rose

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Description

I remenber well that winter day very early in the morning when the first rays of the sun arrived. I remenber it for the cold but above all for the beautiful sight of the nature completely frozen and sparkling after a night of drizzle. And this rose enchanted me.

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I would be happy to receive any advice capable of making this rose more beautiful.

Technical Details

D800E, Nikkor 200mm macro - f/19, ISO 320, 1/250 sec


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You set a very high threshold when you ask us to make this more beautiful, Giussepe. This is absolutely gorgeous. The only thing I could suggest is to bring the luminosity up just a bit more so you get a bit of a glow going in the center. I played with it by using the point color tool in LightRoom, selecting the dark area of the third petal up in the front, and just bringing the luminosity slider up a bit and it seemed to have the effect I was looking for. I’m sure there are a ton of ways to achieve the same effect.

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Beautiful as always, Giuseppe! The water droplets add a unique feel to this image, and your processing transforms it into a work of art.

Nice!

Gigi: Another masterpiece. You are really giving us some stunning images. Great lighting and capture of a compelling subject. >=))>

Gig, just exquisite. Lovely light, perfect comp and BG, and amazing detail.
Fantastic work!

Truly exquisite! The gold color and the water droplets combine to make a jewel-like appearance. I’ve never seen a rose I love as much as this one. Very nice work. The only teeny tiny thing I would like to see done would be to shave just a little bit off the left edge. The image feels a little unbalanced to me.

@Dennis_Plank, @Jim_Erhardt, @Bill_Fach, @SandyR-B, @Chris_Baird thanks for the grateful comments.
@Dennis_Plank a good advice that I have already put into practice with a sure inprovement of the rose.
@Chris_Baird already done thanks.