The Black Rose
Here’s my latest little photographic experiment–subject on black background intentionally. I was inspired by this posting, and by these pictures, to try my own hand at it.
The evolution of this picture starts on Valentines day. No wait, back up a bit. Weeks before Valentines day, I procrastinated planning for Valentines day. Anne and I talked about plans, but I never acted on them. I waited. Several days (maybe 10?) prior to Valentines day I called a restaurant that we had talked about to make reservations. Ah, no. So Sorry, McFly, shoulda called earlier. So my procrastination continued right up to the point that my mom came to watch our son for the evening. We went to one restaurant and were told, no surprise here, that it would be a 2 hour wait. Our next stop, Cuisine of India, told us it would be a 20 minute wait, but it turned out to be more like 5. We had a fabulous meal, a bottle of wine, and it turned out to be an excellent recovery from my earlier bad-husbandry. When they brought the bill, they included a rose. I, of course, presented it to Anne. We returned home, put it in a vase, and the cats immediately started trying to eat it. I put the rose, in the vase, on top of the refrigerator.
Twelve days later, the rose is fading, to say the least. But I thought it would be the perfect first subject to play with a blackened background effect that had inspired me.
The vase is sitting on my dining room table, with darkness all around, except for a flashlight on the rose. The camera was set to automatic, flash disabled. No additional processing.
