Red Rose

"A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind."- Clive Bell

I shot this with a D300, 60 mm macro lens, at ISO 200, f/20, 1/100.

I shot this with a D300, 55 mm Sigma macro lens, PB-5 bellows extension tubes, at ISO 200, f/8, 1/100.

This is the second set of flower images I shot for macro. The rose definitely had a different feeling than the Gerbera Daisy did. Red roses are a lot more seductive and romantic, while Gerbera Daisies are more playful and cute. I thought they were a really good contrast for each other.

Once again, I am loving shooting the flowers. I have never been one to take a ton of pictures of flowers, even when I first started doing photography, but they look so much different in macro. I am having a good time exploring them more closely.