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Yellow Rose of Texas


Yellow Rose of Texas
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Copyright: Fran King (sugah_bear69) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 601 W: 62 N: 1227] (4362)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-15
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus E 500, Zuiko Digital 35mm 13.5 Macro, Marumi 58mm UV Haze
Exposure: f/8, 1/80 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Roses II, Golden ..., Flowers, Yellow [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-07-10 20:47
Viewed: 521
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
According to Wikipedia and the Victorian "language of flowers", different colored roses each have their own symbolic meaning. Be careful which color rose you send to your loved one.

* Red: love
* Pink: grace, gentle feelings of love
* Dark Pink: gratitude
* Light Pink: admiration, sympathy
* White: innocence, purity, secrecy, friendship, reverence and humility.
* Yellow: Yellow roses generally mean dying love or platonic love. In German-speaking countries, however, they can mean jealousy and infidelity.
* Yellow with red tips: Friendship, falling in love
* Orange: passion
* Burgundy: beauty
* Blue: mystery
* Green: calm
* Black: slavish devotion (as a true black rose is impossible to produce)
* Purple: protection (paternal/maternal love)

The Yellow Rose of Texas...

The song is based on a Texas legend from the days of the Texas War of Independence. According to the legend, a free African American woman named Emily D. West, seized by Mexican forces during the looting of Galveston, seduced General Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico and commander of the Mexican forces. The legend credits her supposed seduction with lowering the guard of the Mexican army and facilitating the Texan victory in the battle of San Jacinto waged in 1836 near present-day Houston. Santa Anna's opponent was General Sam Houston, who won the battle literally in minutes, and with almost no casualties.

The Yellow Rose of Texas is a hybrid rose cultivar which is naturalized at abandoned house sites through the state of Texas and is found as a feral rose so often along the Oregon Trail that it is also called the Oregon Trail Rose. It is actually Harison's Yellow, which originated as a chance hybrid seedling of Rosa foetida that bloomed for the first time at the suburban villa of George F. Harison, attorney, between 8th and 9th Avenues on 32nd Street, north of New York City. The site of Harison's villa is now just south of the present General Post Office. The nurseryman William Prince of Long Island took cuttings and marketed the rose in 1830.

Tech Talk:
Resize down from 3264 X 2448 to 1632 X 1224 for editing
Noise reduction 50-50-50-30% blend
Clarified 2%
A touch of curves
Resize for TL
Sharpened
Framed, signed
Uploaded

Thanks for the visit
Have a great day of photo hunting!
Fran
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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3297 W: 786 N: 4419] (19874)
  • [2007-07-10 21:47]
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Hi Fran,
Awesome colors and details on this superb rose! Excellent use of light. The leaves on the left corner are so well returned. Very good DOF and POV. I like this image very much! Annie

Hey there
Very special, great idea and well composed!
TC
Rob

Beautiful over-blown rose - very pretty Fran.
Seeing the rose is 'facing' the right, I would have cropped off the greenery on the left and left more space on the right - it seems to even up the photo. It's a tip I try to use.
Cheers
Janice

Hi Fran,

I love this picture, eventthough there is no red nor pink . . Great shot with fine detail and lighting angle. Well composed too.

Tfs,
Tjutjut

BEAUTIFUL !!!
Can't say anything else
Josine

Hi Fran,
Nice shot, great colours and sharpness, with a good POV and DOF.
Tfs Andy

Boujour Fran
Your skills in macro photography just keep improving.This
presentation as a 3D effect, really well done. Sharpness is
impeccable, wonder if you are doing manual focus now?
Also I see the flash went off but it acts more like a fill-in light
that is great. Excellente présentation!

Paul

Hi Fran,
Beautiful subtle colors is this Yellow Rose. Nice sharp detail. The texture of the petals shows well. I cam almost smell the fragrance.
Scott

Thanks Fran,

Now I got the yellow rose of Texas in my head....arggggg
Ok ok now back to the image, marvelous simply marvelous darling, the unique yellow petals are so realistic, sharp and like Paul said 3 dimensional......excellent!

TFS

Marie-Lise

Hi Fran, lovely detail and soft colouring. The PP seems to have worked here :). It would have looked nice with framing a la Pierre...sorry. Wonderful! TFS,
David

Hello Fran,

Beautiful rose photo. Sharp, good colors and well composed. TFS

Vandana
follows

It's a very nice flower with nice colors and very sharp.

Hello Fran

Beautiful visual, I adore this color for roses, I find the so beautiful ones and a beautiful macro shot!
Their details are perfect, a vision clearing, clear picture and of a beautiful one sharp.
Congratulations for his good taste!

Sérgio
:)

hello fran~
is it true that there are blue, green, and burgundy roses? amazing. beautiful flower, the curling edges give it a great touch, and the color is great. yellow for dying love and jealousy huh?
excellent photo!
.::asha::.

Hello Fran,
Ohhh, this one is wel lcaptured!
Excellent textures in the petals, and the delicate flower is very well captured...
Pleasant presentation, well composed!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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