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Last year during one of our many conversations, Angie my friend mentioned that she wanted to get hold of a photo of Peony rose (pioenroos in Dutch) have it blown up and to be displayed somewhere in her home. I said I will provide her that photo in high resolution but we have to wait for the rose season, which is now.  Since I buy flowers every Saturday, I have been hunting for a good bunch, which isn’t easy to find. I love this flower too because of its heavenly scent! I remember my father in law cutting his peony roses from his garden just to give to me. It’s a shame that my father in law now lives in a nursing home.

Anyhow, what you see here isn’t that photo yet because this was just among the test shots I made last night (yes Angie, that was the reason why I suddenly had to leave you during our YM chat last night :P )

I tested it against a black background figuring it would bring out the color more. I’ve tried 1, 2 lamps. With external flash. With built-in flash. Even without light at all. The delicate almost silk like petals made it a bit difficult for me to balance the light ( oh, the OC in me, for crying out loud! )   I also wanted to try a light behind it but I forgot that I don’t have that (light), duh! But perhaps after +70 shots  I started yawning and well….went to bed to get my zzzzz’s .

I hope to find more fresh poeny roses to shoot…by hook or by crook, Angie will get her photo. I hope. :P

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