Monday, February 27, 2012

Le Rouge et le Noir

An allusion to a novel by French writer who wrote under the name Stendhal, but the flowers have nothing to do with him or that novel, except the title. These are tiger lilies given to me by my son for Valentine's Day.

15 comments:

AL said...

Oh this is such a beautiful capture Bibi. I love the way you have the light lifting the petals.

Luis Gomez said...

Gorgeous Bibi!

Olivier said...

WAOUHH magnifique ce rouge et noir, une photo de maitre, j'adore

Juliette said...

Stunning shot !!!

Gaelyn said...

Very dramatic. How lovely to receive from your son.

Thérèse said...

I think about "passion" when a I look at your picture or think about the novel.

Tash said...

Mais oui! C'est magnifique! (pardon my French, please)

Mirelon D said...

This is such a beautiful capture. nice photos really beautiful. thanks you for sharing.

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brattcat said...

and photographed exquisitely.

Daryl said...

how did you get those bright buds so sharp in such a dark space? LOVE it.

Lowell said...

Dramatic photograph! Great composition. Nice son you have!

Alexa said...

The color red is especially hard to photograph (I find), and in low light besides? Brava, Bibi!

TheChieftess said...

Ohhhh! Very dramatic Bibi!,,

Vlada Jablanov said...

Beautiful light, Pat

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Beautifully shown Bibi.

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