Gorgeous, gorgeous photography.

I loved Mr. Lincoln because he didn't go blue-ish-purple with age like other reds of that vintage. Plus the form.

iris gal, since I am trying to improve my photography skills, I am very glad that you like my pictures. By the way all the photos are done with a tripod. It really helps to keep the roses in focus, especially because most of the times we have a breeze going at our property.

Regarding Mr. Lincoln the like or dislike of a color is just such a personal thing, but I am happy that you appreciate him the way he looks on the photo :-). I agree with you Mr. Lincoln has an exquisite form.

Christina

Beautiful photos of some wonderful roses! I particularly like the first one of the BEWITCHED bud. That's just beautiful!

Beth, getting these nice compliments about my roses and my photography from the "Queen of Roses" here on the forum means a lot to me! Thanks!

I hope you are posting some more of your countless rose beauties in the future. You have been "kind of quite" lately! I am sure besides me a lot of people would enjoy to see your roses, especially the rare and unusual ones or your beloved "odd ball rose class"!

Christina

Not only beautiful roses but really wonderful photography! I'm so impressed. I also like the first picture best, and especially like the muted, out-of-focus background which really puts the emphasis on the luscious quality of the blooms.

Ingrid

Ingrid, thanks for your kind words about my roses and photos!

My husband taught me a little photography trick this weekend, how you can get the background blurred and the rose in the foreground really into sharp focus. I am glad it worked out!

Christina

Beautiful roses, Christina! I especially like Frederic Mistral:-), great form and color.

Masha

My favorites are your Mr. Lincoln and Bewitched with Dewdrops. I love that Mr. Lincoln red in yours. I think it's just as lovely as the darker red it usually shows as. Hey, I wish my Mr. Lincoln would have everyone's "exquisite formed"' Lincoln. I am absolutely crazy about mine, even though it's one moppy cabbage flowered rose--no exquisite form like JeffAurora's or pretty spiral like yours. I only got one classical shape in May! Only America out of all my roses gets the 100% consistent spiral. Second in line comes Gemini which is about 90% spiral but goes back down to 85% spiral when its flush is almost over.

I am looking forward to more of your Frederick Mistral. It has such a nice dusky pink! which I am enjoying. It too looks very pretty. Mine is on the road to recovery from being grown in shade, poorly drained soil and tree roots, so I don't think it will ever bloom this year. But I'm just thrilled to finally see it take off! It's great to see Freddie, it's not a rose I have ever seen here at the gallery since I first joined in May 2009...

Masha, thanks for your compliment! Frederic Mistral is my favorite rose right now (of course that can change any day, again)! I especially like the form, the pale pink, delicate color (even though the color is a more darker warm pink, when the temperatures are not so high), and that he has a relatively high petal count for an HT. He has a very good fragrance, too!

serenasyh, glad that you like some of my roses. My Mr. Lincoln turned into what you call a "moppy, cabbage flowered rose", one day after I took the picture that I have posted, too :-(. In my area it is just the heat, that makes that happen very quickly.
I cross my fingers for you that your Frederic Mistral is continuing to recover, since it is such a nice rose. I will take more photos of mine if I get another chance this year. My FM is still a very young rose and not producing flowers in abundance, yet. By the way I saw a mature FM in the Huntington Botanical Gardens last weekend and it was a very large striking rose. Just lovely!

Christina