When roses cease to bloom...
Romance is back. I needed to work on an image with a touch of warmth today as it’s -7 outside. A composite of various photographic, text and texture layers (21 layers in total)
Another in the series of works including poetry by my favourite poet Emily Dickinson.
WHEN roses cease to bloom, dear,
And violets are done,
When bumble-bees in solemn flight
Have passed beyond the sun,
The hand that paused to gather
Upon this summer’s day
Will idle lie, in Auburn,—
Then take my flower, pray!
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Sarah Moore
LOL – I’ll swap you…it’s 42 degrees celcius here!! What a beautiful image John.
Ann Garrett
Lovely, as ever :)
CanDuCreations
Very romantic and awesome work Vanessa
bdazzled
This is SO beautiful John – thank you
RavenSoul
What a wonderful Image and Words!
dinghysailor1
lovely work and so welcome – its grey and frozen here too!
JanG
How very beautiful and warming – to the heart and to the eyes! Perfect poetry match with your beautiful rose and soft textures.
mhkantor
wonderful john.
Alison Cornfor...
Fantastic work John!
scarlet james
REallyreally lovely ‘n good !!!!!
Marjorie Wallace
Oh, I am smitten with your lovely work. I would love to know more and am enchanted with your creations.
jerry alcantara
beautiful again and again….bravo!
Miron Abramovici
Excelent work, John!
Nancy Polanski
So glad Romance is back! That should be the title of this wonderfully romantic image.
Judi Taylor
I love her poetry and this is a very romantic piece. Love when you do that! The texture and the text are wonderful. So .. 21 layers? WOW! I think I need to experiment a bit … I only layer one texture normally just never occurred to me to try more. But if this is the result than it is worth giving a try.
This is so beautiful. I love the work you do, John. ANd I learn so much.
Girlsphotos
That is very nice John & so creative & beautiful,
Nice to meet you,
How are you doing??
Jay xoxoxoxo
Bonnie T. Barry
You have made Emily smile! Her thoughts live in your rose. Absolutely exquisite!
vadim19
Lovely work, John.
Jing3011
Wonderful image.
~ Butterfly ~
Another absolutely georgeous image ! :0)
Linda Sannuti
a perfect card!
Sensiworld
Very pretty !
AnitaInverarity
Beautiful and romantic- the perfect Valentines Card x
Diane Schuster
Gorgeous work!!
Stacy Rodriguez
Beautiful image.
gypsygirl
This is gorgeous John, lovely colour and I really like the background with the text!
nedesigns
John, you are such a master at this. Just exquisite. The faded but still beautiful rose is a perfect visual expression of the poem.
Steven Agius
Perfectly created imagery John !
Bev Woodman
Magnificent!!
GloriaDK
Lovely image John. Over here with a heatwave going on we are inclined to think about ice, snow, any thought that might cool us down!!
DawsonImages
Beautiful imagery
ignite
Amazing!
Globalphotos
Wow 21 layers, exceedingly beautiful :-))
maremarie
Very beautiful – a masterpiece :-)
Lenka
Very delicate, I like the detail on the rose petals :)
miriam17
Romantico e splendido ritratto!
linda858100
EXCELLENT INDEED,,LOVELY
Rosalie Dale IPA
(Ha – reading Sarah’s comment it WAS 42 degrees but today is about 20 at the most! Fickle weather in Aus!)
Another stunning composition John – perfect blending and finished result. I always say knowing when to stop with this type of processing is at least half the battle! Brilliant.
Kasey Cline
WOW This is incredible! Oh what I would give to learn how to do this. Amazing in every aspect! The rose is vintage looking and the textures make this!!! I love this!
DiEtte Henderson
I totally agree with Kasey, this is amazing! Great work here!
Lucindawind
very romantic and gorgeous ! :)
Maureen Bloesch
This is lovely…soft and romantic :>))
DrawingDown
Great to see technology being used so sensitively that your work looks more like a painting than a print.
Pamela B
Beautiful and romantic!
Gary L. Suddath
stunning creativity
inspyretash
Romantic.
DeviousLili
Please consider adding this (and other groovy images) to Retro Conglomerate
bouldercreek
Lovely.