Red rose up close and personal

[dllb]

These shots of the red rose were taken with a macro lense that has been scanned in from slides. I got the lighting effect by holding the flash at 45 degrees to the face of the rose.

 

[melcooney]

Wow, very nice! I really like the effect of the lighting...

 

[jweebo2004]

Very nice! They look like they have a velvety texture to them...I like that!

 

[monicam]

pretty awesome i like the effect of the second one..excellent!