Roses are not always red.

Most people know that red roses signify love and I have purchased more than a few red roses for my wife in the almost 19 years we have been married. A few weeks ago, I saw some roses in the store. I saw some red ones, but the ones that caught my eye were a different color.




I went with these and my wife loved them. They were a unique color and they really had a great shape. They stayed nice for almost a week too which is nice since sometimes the dry air kills flowers within a few days here in the desert.

This was a fun picture to take. I got my 50mm prime lens out of the camera bag and set the aperature to f/1.8 to get a nice shallow depth of field. You can see how the main flower in the picture is in focus and the one behind just kind of fades into the background.

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The Stars at Night...

Last week, the Perseid meteor shower hit its peak as it passed by earth and many stargzers went out to get a look at one of the shooting stars in the night sky. I like my sleep, but since there was supposed to be less, but more colorful "earthgrazers" before 10 or 11pm, I decided to head out with my camera and try my luck.

While I saw several brilliant shooting stars, the camera was aimed the wrong way each time. I did get some nice night pictures of the stars. I don't know a lot about astronomy, but I think this is the big dipper (or is it the little dipper?). I'm sure someone can confirm or correct me.

I think my favorite shot of the night is this one. I used a long exposure and then added a bit of light on the cactus with my LED flashlight. It seems a bit grainy when blown up too big, but as long as I don't blow it up too big, I like it.