Congratulations! That is really beautiful! :-)

Wow how exciting!! It’s a beautiful photo of a lovely rose !

Those colors look magical, congrats Ann!

Congrats, Ann!

I see why your photograph won an award. It’s very well taken! Congratulations, Ann !

Jo

Awesome Ann!

That's absolutely beautiful! I also have always admired that particular rose...just lovely.

Wonderful picture. I have been wanting MItsouko and wish I could find one. What kind of camera did you get?

Beautiful bloom and photo! Congratulations!

Thanks everyone! I appreciate your kind word.

Erasmus - I bought a Fujifilm X-T3. It’s a great lightweight camera that has some manual controls reminiscent of my old Nikon film camera. It looks vintage but is quite up to date. Another reason I bought Fujifilm is that their cameras and lenses cost much less than Nikon or Canon but the quality is excellent. It’s still a challenge to learn any modern camera which is really about learning how to use a complex piece of software. I’m giving myself a year to become proficient since I’v been an iPhone camera user for so long. YouTube has been helpful with all my Fujifilm camera and general photography questions. I feel that reading how-to manuals is too slow a process for me. Videos are a quicker way to learn some technical things.

Thanks for your kind words!

Ann

Beautiful photo and such an accomplishment using a new camera. Congrats!!

Congrats, Ann! That photo is absolutely worthy for an award! It is beautiful! At first I thought it was Peace. The colors blend is amazing.

Wow! I can certainly see why your picture won. It’s absolutely beautiful! Congratulations! Lisa

Congratulations!!

Great camera! Lens? Great photo of Peace look-alike!

Thanks Mark! I used the 23mm lens. I have a 18-55mm and a 60mm macro lens. I keep rotating using them to learn who they work. What camera do you own and what is your favorite lens for rose photography?

Ann

beautiful photo

Congratulations, exquisite photograph!

New here and your picture is what rose dreams are made of! Congratulations :)

Thanks again all!

Mrs Gartin - Welcome to the rose forum! I appreciate your kind word.

Ann

Ann,

Interesting you bought a Fuji. Christopher Kimball, of America’s Test Kitchen and Milk Street fame, said all he needed on his culinary trips was a Fuji X-T20, they take lots of closeup pics of beautiful food. I’m very much a know-nothing photographer, but I got one too, figuring I’d learn and practice on my roses.

Hi Ben - thanks for sharing the story, sorry for the slow reply! One of the factors that led me to getting the X-T3 was watching this Tony Northrup tutorial on your camera. I think it's about 45 minutes but after I watched it, I thought I could handle the X-T3.

X-T20 tutorial

Love your photos! You're doing a great job with the camera!

Ann

Wow, thanks for the link Ann, I can’t wait to follow it, that tutorial looks so helpful!

Thanks HalloBlondie! I hope the snow is finally over and you‘re enjoying early spring blooms!

Ann