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Forestina-Fotos — The Rose Garden

Published: 2008-06-05 19:50:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 734; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 20
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Description Lovely pink roses on our patio.

Colour and lighting tweaked a tad.

Full view recommended, thanks.
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Comments: 42

ma-lafvain [2008-06-08 13:43:42 +0000 UTC]

They are so charming!
Tara, have you ever seen "Becoming Jane"? It's a film about Jane Austen's story, but with some hollywoodian interpretations hahaha. I have the beautiful soundtrack of this film, and one of the songs is called "The Rose Garden" and I guess it suits this piece very well! Can I send it to you?

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to ma-lafvain [2008-06-08 13:58:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!
No, I haven't seen that movie yet but I'm a huge fan of anything Austen related so will eventually see it.
Thank you, yes, it would be lovely to hear it. Do you mean via email or post? I wasn't sure.

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ma-lafvain In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-08 14:18:46 +0000 UTC]

Can you give me your email?

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to ma-lafvain [2008-06-08 14:23:31 +0000 UTC]

Of course...... fallonkeeper @ [link] but without the spaces.
Thank you!

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LadyWinter [2008-06-06 21:25:03 +0000 UTC]

Roses are beautiful, but they can be a little hard to handle. My mom loves plants and flowers, and we've always had roses in our front yard.

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to LadyWinter [2008-06-06 21:56:51 +0000 UTC]

It's strange that roses are the only flower (I think) that are so thorny. Beauty and the beast both at the same time!

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LadyWinter In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-08 22:20:04 +0000 UTC]

haha very true!

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storyseamstress [2008-06-06 13:08:41 +0000 UTC]

Have you ever considered giving photography lessons? I'd love to learn from you!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to storyseamstress [2008-06-06 14:56:32 +0000 UTC]

The thing is though, I know nothing about photography! My camera is an old basic Vivitar compact with a faulty shutter, and I just point it and click and hope for the best! I just kinda take pics of everything and anything like some hyper kid - click, click, click, and know nothing about what's the best lighting etc! But don't forget, I do edit my pics a little, enhancing colour or tweaking lighting. Without doing these subtle alterations, my pics would be rather naff! But thank you for the flattering words! My advice - if I had any to give - would be to just be passionate about taking pics and always take pics of unusual, out of the way places or nooks and crannies, because they are usually the places that have a certain charm and enchantment about them!

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storyseamstress In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-06 15:13:55 +0000 UTC]

That's the kind of lesson I want to learn anyway. I'm not the sort that has the patience for learning all the technical details. I can't even go through those "for Dummies" books sometimes But I love learning from people who love what they do and can give practical advice about achieving the same results.

And I can't tell you enough how much I adore all of your recent shots!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to storyseamstress [2008-06-06 20:48:08 +0000 UTC]

You're giving me a very big head y'know!

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storyseamstress In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-09 08:02:55 +0000 UTC]

You're one of the most down-to-earth artists I've met here on DA.

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to storyseamstress [2008-06-09 10:46:22 +0000 UTC]

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narare [2008-06-06 12:10:18 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful They are really charming... ^^

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to narare [2008-06-06 13:28:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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popp-photo [2008-06-06 08:12:13 +0000 UTC]

simply amazing! my favorite one is the softly folded one in the center pic on the left!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to popp-photo [2008-06-06 08:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Katerina-Art [2008-06-06 01:37:51 +0000 UTC]

i love roses !!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to Katerina-Art [2008-06-06 07:01:51 +0000 UTC]

We have pink, red, orange and yellow ones in the garden at the mo. Beautiful but so lethal (thorns!).

Thank you!

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Katerina-Art In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-07 13:27:08 +0000 UTC]

your garden sounds like paradise!!!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to Katerina-Art [2008-06-07 21:10:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I do love living here and will miss the garden when we move on (we're only renting at the moment and hope to eventually buy our own house).

I've just posted a shot of my garden actually.

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Katerina-Art In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-08 12:20:08 +0000 UTC]

just saw your garden and it's gorgeous!!!
mine is not that big it's more of a backyard ,were in a similar situation too with
renting one of the reasons why i wanted a 1st floor apartment
so i can have the backyard
wishing you all the best and hope you buy the house of your dreams

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to Katerina-Art [2008-06-08 12:26:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again! At the moment it is full of birds - starling mother and babies. And I shall probably do some gardening later.

All the best to you too! Let's hope we will both have the house/garden of our dreams in the near future!

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jessp-photography [2008-06-06 00:46:44 +0000 UTC]

Full view is definataly a must ! Looks great! It would be nice to have this on my patio!!!
Beautiful photo!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to jessp-photography [2008-06-06 07:02:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Yawn-Monster [2008-06-06 00:14:43 +0000 UTC]

Love the effect on this. Very beautiful!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to Yawn-Monster [2008-06-06 06:59:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Jenna-Rose [2008-06-05 22:10:12 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! Great effects from the tweaking.
I love roses!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to Jenna-Rose [2008-06-05 22:26:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!
Yes, with a name like Jenna-Rose and that pretty icon of yours...well...I kinda guessed you like roses!

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Jenna-Rose In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-06 01:56:47 +0000 UTC]

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WinDrift [2008-06-05 22:09:31 +0000 UTC]

really lovely!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to WinDrift [2008-06-05 22:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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WinDrift In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-06 00:44:54 +0000 UTC]

so very welcome

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LiLMizzAshez777 [2008-06-05 21:15:54 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous ! ^^

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to LiLMizzAshez777 [2008-06-05 21:20:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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LiLMizzAshez777 In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-06 00:34:57 +0000 UTC]

^w^

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romirose22 [2008-06-05 20:55:21 +0000 UTC]

so delicate

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to romirose22 [2008-06-05 21:20:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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kayceeus [2008-06-05 20:17:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow they're gorgeous!!

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to kayceeus [2008-06-05 20:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, sweetie!
They actually collapsed last weekend under the weight of the rain. There are 3 lengths of gardening wire holding them up and one length snapped because the rain must have made them heavy! We've added new wire but can't seem to pull the wire as tight as it was so they're a lot lower now and have a stick holding them up! Um...yeah...a bit of boring info there - ha ha!

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kayceeus In reply to Forestina-Fotos [2008-06-05 21:54:09 +0000 UTC]

You need to get one of those rounded arbors to put under them, that'd look really pretty.

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Forestina-Fotos In reply to kayceeus [2008-06-05 22:25:21 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that's what hubby said. We'll have to get one when we're next at the garden centre.

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