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d90, floral, flowers, Hollywood, Hollywood Forever, los angeles, macro, macro photography, nikon, nikon d90, nikon dslr, pink flower, rose, Santa Monica, yellow rose
I had some fun at Hollywood Forever cemetery with a cluster of flower pots that were gathered outside the Cathedral Mausoleum. I’d gotten a new Nikkor 50mm 1.8D AF prime lens, and wanted to play with the excellent bokeh this lens offers a photographer. I’ve been using a Nikkor 18-105mm VR AF lens for my almost-macro photography, and had been wanting something more appropriate for those kinds of shots. I’m certainly not disappointed.
I captured the shot of this second rose in the same cluster of flowers. As you can see, these were live pots of flowers, rather than the cut variety. There’s always a very definite different between live and cut specimens. I’m glad that I was able to permanently capture the beauty of these miniature Suns.
To finish off this set, this last photo is from a bush on the grounds of the cemetery. The flowers are white, but it’s worth noting that the buds are kissed with a pale pink blush before they open into lovely white blooms. I took several shots of various roses in this particular bush, but this was the only result I really liked.
I keep telling people that you can take over a thousand shots and will often be lucky to get even a few that are worth being proud enough to share with others. I’ve taken to sitting some of them down to show them the truth of that statement.