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[aprilS]

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One of a series I'm working on for Valentine's Day.

[Theo]

Really love this picture the use of negative and positive space is on the mark and even though using the red rose this way is mature subject i think with the white roses you pull if off. I also like the way the drapery seems translucence like the frosted vase and how you can see the stems down to a point to the red rose. Bravo Zulo
your stills always give me inspiration to work on my own.

[habakuk]

Ahhh. Another exemplary of the flower shop card set?! Compared to the last one I saw, I like the black background here. It gives the surrounding a zen-like reduced mood. And that really makes the white roses stand out and have the whole stage for themself.

But... holy shmoly... there's a intruder, a unwanted brother appearing on this peaceful stage. Someone that feels like he has been suppressed for ages, and here he makes his first appearance. Everyone will notice nothing but him. This red flower kind of kills the grace of the white roses. It really feels to me like the white roses are ashamed of that spot...

I kind of like that twist, but I don't think it works in the spirit of a "all-is-fine"-card. It is too intrusive, making the whole scene so bipolar. It brakes the mood of the sloped white blanket and embarasses the white roses.

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[aprilS]

Thank you both for thoughtful comments.

Theo, I'd be very curious to see some of your still life work. Winter forcing me indoors is my inspiration. (It was colder here yesterday than at the North Pole!)

Roland, yes; this is for the florist card series. And your tongue-in-cheek "WTF is that red rose there?" made me laugh. What a delightful way to offer your critique.

Though obvious -- or "mature" as Theo politely wrote -- I was thinking of an offering at the foot of a goddess; but am not convinced it works. "...embarasses the white roses" resonates with me as to why.

I do have another shot without the red rose, and also explored a rough with a new curves adjustment approach that I think might make that version work on its own. Not a lot to see, perhaps; but I always learn a lot working with the light and choice/arrangement of subjects in still life.

[Theo]

Would love to show you some if i had some   I haven't gotten around to building my indoor studio but i wish i had its darn cold up here too!

[Ted Byrne]

I can hear the red pen... dot the lower left. It's astonishing how it tractor beams my eye. Since I am not a trained observer, should I have only a couple of moments to study this image... I'd remember that dot....
Hmmmm.... I once read an article by a criminologist who described a bank robber who put on a big red nose before he committed his crimes. It was insidiously powerful the way almost no witness could describe anything but that rubber nose... Which he of course removed as he walked out of the door. And later, not one could identify him in a line-up.
Wonderful idea here, perfectly executed. You are toying with us, right? :-)