Solitary rose.
“I can complain because rosebushes have thorns, or rejoice because the thornbush has a rose, it’s up to me”. Anon.
Sometimes we just have to lift our eyes to lift our spirit…
Canon 400D 18-55 lens. SC processed in Photoshop CS3.

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John Edwards
Great work Steve. The selective colour really lifts the rose from the bacjground.
aglaia b
beautiful!!!! ;-) xox
MelanieSpeaks
excellent contrast…beautiful colour against the background…very nice.
kathy s gillen...
beautiful capture and work
Vanessa Anderberg
Very pretty work
Suzanne D Jaes...
Excellent shot, great sc love the orange…...
salsbells69
Stunning work. Love the use of S/C and detail. The words are beautiful and poignant.
midzing
beautiful image,,, well done
Dave Hartley
very nice finish Steve – a pleasant viewing!
AngieBel
Great S/C work…so effective here! Lovely image…and your quote is superb :)
Gina ...
so nicely done … the water drops and colour against the mono … i might (if it were mine) crop a bit off the top of the mono … the thumbnail shows a (more?) pleasing aspect … >>> Gina
Sensiworld
Beautiful !
Biggzie
Yep … nicely done
Alison Cornfor...
Lovely work Steve! The selective colour works really well for this :)
Globalphotos
Lovely use of sc Steve :))
KathyT
Beautiful selective colouring Steve and the quote is so true!
Kelly J
Beautiful shot steve, brilliant choice of treatment and wonderful saying :))
JimFilmer
beautiful colour and short DoF Steve..great work mate
AndyGii
Beautiful rose Steve and a great image og it
Marcus Jones
DOF and PP is spot on for this. Nice work and enjoy tomorrow
Glenn Alderson
Excellent SC work mate….......well done!
simonesphotos
Gorgeous as always Steve!
bamagirl38
Dave Law
Beautiful SC work Steve, well done.
LYN EVANS
I love the selective colouring, this is simply gorgeous
naturelover
What a beauty- Great SC Steve- Congratulatuions on the feature!!!!!
Angel Warda
beautiful! love the sc!!!!
Marinapallett
very beautiful ;0)
noffi
Lovely !! Liz
Gary L. Suddath
gorgeous shot
linifer
great work steve!
Sue Nueckel
Simply gorgeous ♥
JKKimball
wonderful Steve!
Ann Rodriquez
Beautiful simplicity. Great job on the SC. I think it would also look nice with the stem in color. Personal opinion. : ) Try it if you feel like playing! : )
karenkirkham
beautiful work
Heather Rivet...
gorgeous
Béla Török
Amazing work, Steve!
Megan Martin
Stunning Steve! Great S/C!
rodsfotos
The desaturated backdrop works perfectly to show the colour and beauty of the rose at it’s best, a beautiful close-up image Steve,
Regards, Rod.
Al Bourassa
I love whatever you did to this one Steve! Excellent work.
Rosalie Scanlon
Beautiful image Steve, great use of SC
Baldric
Nice one Steve, great use of selective colour.
Danielle Knight
Perfectly done Steve, very beautiful
handprintz
Lovely use of SC Steve very pretty
brian pendrey
great stuff
Cathy Carbonaro
Wonderful work !!