Petal by andycoleborn

Petal

Got up late today after a nice long lay in, then headed to see Sangeeta in the afternoon. We'd heard about a new Asian grocery store that had recently opened so we headed over to check out what's on offer.

It's similar to many Asian grocery shops in East London, just a bit bigger with more choice - we bought a few bits and bobs, with Sangeeta buying a giant bengali fish that they carved up into portion sized pieces..

Then it was back Sangeeta's and before I knew it, the day was almost over. So once home I had a look around my flat for something to take and thought, oh well, may as well take another flower photo.

As I plucked the rose from it's vase, a petal fell off so I decided to focus on that....
So fab - perfect petal focus and just enough detail to keep the rosiness in the picture - gorgeous colours.
February 20th, 2011  
Nice shot !
February 20th, 2011  
The single rose petal is gorgeous!
February 20th, 2011  
That's gorgeous, the DoF is perfect, and the colours are wonderfully muted.
February 20th, 2011  
great dof
February 20th, 2011  
Perfect focus! LOVELY!
February 21st, 2011  
great choice on the focus. looks great andy.
February 21st, 2011  
Nice! I've tried this with horribly artificial results. Love your version though Andy!
February 21st, 2011  
Way cool....perfect focus. Makes a fab picture.
February 21st, 2011  
:O I'm in awe, I love how creative this is!
When I look at this photo I think about how I would have focused on the rose, and then seeing how you focused on the petal, it makes the photo so much more unique and interesting! FAV!!
February 21st, 2011  
love the focus on the petal !!!!!
February 21st, 2011  
fantastic focus Andy, the overall softness really rocks as well
February 21st, 2011  
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Lovely focus. Nice soft tones.
February 21st, 2011  
Wow! Very nice!
February 21st, 2011  
i love the compo!
February 21st, 2011  
I could tell by the DOF that you used your 50mm. Nice... Great shot.
February 21st, 2011  
Lovely focus
February 21st, 2011  
I dunno why , but this picture just got me !
the ficus of the petal is amazing and some how it feels bit old than the main rose
so nature has to drop the dead part of it , so the beauty remains
it is adorable
February 21st, 2011  
Nod
This is unique. DOF is used really well in the pic!! Beautiful too.
February 21st, 2011  
thanks guys...
@seattle ha ah yep - I can often spot a 50mm shot since getting mine...
@snowball Thanks heba - you put things into words so much nicer than I could :-)
February 21st, 2011  
Great focus, love the pink and silver tones in this shot.
February 22nd, 2011  
Love the focus! So beautiful!
February 24th, 2011  
Love the colour and dof! Lovely :)
February 24th, 2011  
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