I did this today to send in to the Monochrome Madness series being done by Leanne Cole Photography and Laura Macky journey of the body on this earth . If you haven’t been there, go check it out. There are amazing photographers posting–every one of them is amazing. I don’t know about me, but Leanne makes me do it.
Nicci Carrera 
Lovely. 😉
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A lovely rose, Nia, and a catching title. It did make me chuckle because I recently did a blog post with a very similar title: “A rose by any other …” – http://cafeludwig.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-rose-by-any-other.html – Maybe I ought to send my B&W one to Leanne as well 🙂
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thank you, Ludwig! I love your post. It is brilliant. My favorite is the color rose against the black background. I don’t know how to do that yet, but I’m kind of glad I don’t, because airbrushing in the black on this rose forced me to look at the negative space and I found shadows there! I was able to re-create those with the airbrush. And to emphasize them where I didn’t need to re-create them. I was not able to comment on your blog because WordPress wouldn’t let me get into the comment box unless I watched the video advertisement. Sorry about that! yes, please submit one of your photographs to Leanne’s and Laura’s Monochrome Madness!
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Aaarrrghhh! Pardon the four-letter word. I have just tried several browsers and for me, of course!, there is no forced video ad! That blog post is on Blogger, a Google service, so there is no telling what they do to visitors. Please try it again. You should be able to see other comments and below those a comment box that is unrestricted. Thank you much Nia!
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beautiful
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Thank you!
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So pretty Nia. I look forward to seeing it next week.
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thank you, Suz!
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An exquisite piece Nia.
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Excellent, Nia!!! 🙂
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Thank you, Fabio!
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Strange…I thought I had followed you a long time ago and I had to just refill ow again. This seems to be happening to me about once a week with someone. Your image is beautiful Nia.
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Thank you, Laura!
Gee I’m really glad you noticed that. I wonder if it’s happening to me. Thanks for letting me know! And thanks so much for the follow.
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You’re welcome!
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Glad Leanne made you, it’s very nice Nia.
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Thank you, Maverick!!
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