Five Minutes with a Rose in Decay – RegularRandom

For those of you who remember my special shoot for a friend’s 30th Wedding Anniversary, this is one of the roses left over from that shoot. I have him the rest of the bunch to give to his wife, but I kept this one since it was already cut. It dried over the Christmas break while I was away, just like the peony in a recent post.

It was another perfect opportunity for a RegularRandom shoot.

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  • choose a subject or a scene
  • spend five minutes photographing it – no more!
  • try to not interfere with the subject, instead see it from many angles, look through something at it, change the light that’s hitting it
  • have fun!
  • tag your post #regularrandom and ping back to this post

x desleyjane


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17 responses to “Five Minutes with a Rose in Decay – RegularRandom”

  1. morselsandscraps Avatar

    Nothing is ever wasted, especially if it decays so beautifully. I love the subtleties and pallor of your shoots, so different from the way I do things. The full frontal deep pink one is my favourite I think, but so is the first one with a little bit of decay hanging over the edge of the vase.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thank you Meg. I probably spend as much time editing the photos afterwards to either get the look I want or to make sure it looks the way it did in real life. Or too enhance textures or bring out the contrast between colours. I love it.

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  2. Sue Avatar

    Lovely set of images, Desley!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thank you Sue.

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  4. Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer Avatar

    love the color saturation in this one Desley, it’s funny you never quite know how dried roses will turn out

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thanks hun, I agree. I’m not sure if my pink ones are as striking…

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  6. Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer Avatar

    hehehe mine is late, scheduled for the wrong day!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      No worries at all. Thanks for joining hun.

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  8. PurplePumpernickel Avatar

    So lovely! The different hues are stunning!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thank you so much. I loved seeing how this came together. I think I’m in love with drying flowers!

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      1. PurplePumpernickel Avatar

        They are quite wonderful in how they throw light so differently! You capture them so elegantly and beautifully!

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        1. desleyjane Avatar

          aw thank you lovely x

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  9. Two: Resolve. Avatar

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