Rose

Trek Shot

Saturday, it was gray outside, not much incentive to go out for a hike. Took to bed instead for a short nap. It did rain although not much. Just enough precipitation to shower the spring flowers now blooming in the garden. By the steps were some roses, they are not really something, just the ordinary variety that one can see in not so grand a garden. There were peonies too, they bloom beautifully come mother’s day and today they were at their best.

I decided to do something creative to pass the time. 

I can’t help noticing the red roses by the steps. their petals wore beads of sparkling dew from the rain, very natural. I went up to my room, grabbed the camera and tripod. I chose a lens that I thought would be best to capture the beauty of this flower. I set up the tripod and camera with a 50 mm manual prime lens.

The sun was blocked by the thick overcast so the lighting was perfect, diffused and not harsh. I took several shots, tried varying composition and camera settings. I wanted to show the rose’s freshness by highlighting the rain drops on its petals. I made the rose stand out by blurring the background, the 50 mm, f1.7 prime lens is as good as anything in my arsenal for this kind of shoot.

I was shooting for a good half an hour, clicking away at the flowers, deleting those that I did not like. The beauty of a DSLR is that the images just taken can be viewed right  away and re shoot if needed and it doesn’t cost anything to shoot and delete and shoot again until the right composition is attained. The way an image is composed in-camera determines the like ability of the picture. There are rules to keep in mind in composing a picture but breaking them sometimes give an even more exciting pictures. 

I shoot in RAW format so a post processing is necessary and after adjusting the levels and contrast, here’s one of the pictures taken of the Rose By The Steps After The Rain..