Weekly Photo Challenge: “Delicate”
Tenderness
Tenderness is a term used in any area of studying plant life to describe the inability of certain plants to survive freezing temperatures. Those that can are of course said to exhibit degrees of hardiness.
I’m really not much for flowers; I prefer trees, and I typically refuse to associate human behaviour with the natural peculiarities of plant and lesser animal life. I can’t help; however, drawing parallels between tender roses in autumn and winter gardens, and gentle souls who find themselves in cold, harsh environments.
To the people of Newtown, Connecticut; hello from Hamilton.
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Beautiful shot! I love how the holes in the petals are cast in shadows so clearly.
Thank you.
Some tender, delicate souls were destroyed today. So sad and senseless. Your flower is beautiful, Allan.
I fear that Christmas will forever be severely tarnished for these families. I want to say or do something to ease their pain; even more, reverse their loss, but of course I am powerless.
Love this and had completely forgot about using the word Tender when speaking about plant’s hardiness.
Hello from Connecticut – heartbroken.
You must be hugging your kids tightly through all of this.
ever so.
Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post … I love your floral submission. … Dorothy
You’re very welcome, Dorothy and thank you for visiting MOF.
woow beautiful
i like this pict
Much appreciated, Adrian.
A lovely post…really lovely
Thanks, Jo.
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Especially lovely in black and white.
Thank you, Jude.
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I love the stark black and white… gorgeous.
Thank you.
What more can I say than Stunning! I love the classic look of this shot and the black and white is the cake topper.
SO GOOD!
Very much appreciated, Michael.
It’s a pink rose; stunningly beautiful in colour but most people render beautiful, colourful flowers in colour. I deliberately composed the shot in high contrast sunlight with a distant dark background so that I could convert the image to this standard B/W.
In post-prod I further pushed the negative spaces and shadows to increase contrast and make the black portions as opaque as India ink.
The flower is delicate, tender, but the image is meant to be strong.
cool contrast
Thanks, Joshi.
Very nice thought.
Happy Christmas and A Merry New Year!
Thank you Rommel, and Happy New Year to you too!