Made a quick trip to the El Paso Municipal Rose Garden. I don't do a lot of flowers anymore because everyone else is cranking them out and doing a good job of it.
So I thought of adding a bit of extra to my rose photos.
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I photographed this rose with the Nikon D5000 and the Nikkor 18-200mm lens. In fact, I photographed all images this way. 105mm f/5.3, 1/4000th aperture priority and 200 ISO. I used a sheet of foam with green sparkles I bought at a hobby shop for the background. Be sure to use the largest lens opening (smallest f stop) on your lens. Place the foam about 6 inches (16cm) behind the subject
and the Nikkor 18-200mm lens. In fact, I photographed all images this way. 105mm f/5.3, 1/4000th aperture priority and 200 ISO. I used a sheet of foam with green sparkles I bought at a hobby shop for the background. Be sure to use the largest lens opening (smallest f stop) on your lens. Place the foam about 6 inches (16cm) behind the subject 
For this image I used a black piece of foam and photographed at 105mm, f/5.3 1/1600 in aperture priority mode. This is a cool way to create simple backgrounds that don't compete with your main subject.
One more rose with the sparkling green foam for a background. Same photo stats. It's a bit more difficult to go for a beautiful bokeh because you have to shoot with the aperture wide open, but I think it makes for a more interesting photo.
Don't forget to take along a spray bottle of water.
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