Texas morning rose

[Satirist]

Here's a photo I took this morning, of a rose I picked for my wife this morning from my back yard. I think it's my best pp yet.

Working in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
Corrected color balance and sharpened.
Copied to new layer cleared first layer and painted black .
Second layer used the background remover and merged layers.
Black paintbrush to blacken the few pixels that were missed.

I like it. Enjoy.

Canon Rebel XT
f/4
1/60
Canon Zoom EF 28-80 USM lens @ 28mm
ISO 400
Spot metering with on camera flash.

[SoxAddict]

It's a beautiful photo, but an even more lovely gesture picking it for your wife.

[MSidPhoto]

Beautiful rose.....lovely !

[fstopMike]

Really nice. I like the dewdrops.

[Preacherman]

Lucky Karin.

[NetG]

The dew really makes the image for me. Thanks for sharing!

[Satirist]

Thanks everyone. I noticed the dew when I brought it inside and knew I had to shoot it.

[leonaashlee]

Wow, lucky wife. What a lovely thing to do...better than bought ones. It's a great shot too...and nice PP Well done.

[fstopMike]

Nicely done, the roses really stand out from the background.

[das7282]

Lovely.