The 39th Scavenger Hunt had an overarching theme, Rose, and 10 other words to associate to it. I went for a very literal interpretation of that, got myself a rose bouquet (on discount because they were starting to fade quite a bit) and managed the whole Hunt in one (long) afternoon.

This was my entry for the bonus word, “Break the Rules!”. And, well – the first rule of photography is that you don’t destroy your subject 😉 So, that’s what I did first. I also went for a very “on-the-nose” centered composition (which is supposed to be “boring”). I also had a lot of out-of-focus takes, but they were working significantly less well than this one.

And the original – not much to be said here except for the exposure/color and crop.

Camera	Pentax K-1 II
Lens	smc PENTAX-D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro
Focal length	50mm
F-Number	F/5
Exposure time	1/50s
ISO	800

Other pictures from my fellow Scavengers: Break the Rules