Love Story
by Connie Handscomb
Title
Love Story
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
~ Aristotle
Love and Beauty were associated with Venus, the Roman goddess of love, and the ancient Romans believed roses to be an aphrodisiac. The personal emblem of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite,was the rose. the King of Persia had rosewater put into his fountains on his wedding day. Cleopatra soaked her ships' sails with rosewater whenever she left Anthony so the winds would be as lovesick as she was. Since we were able to record history, love and roses have been synonymous.
So taken up, I was, with the technicalities of macro photographing the stamens of this lovely rose that initially I did not see the gentle embrace within.
The species roses - the wild ones, the original ancestors with their distinctive feature being the rosehips - have the ability to self-pollinate, wherein the delicate stamen filaments curve over onto other stigmatic heads. Perhaps .. perhaps... we are witness to the beginning of a beautiful love story.
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Taken in natural light ; unaltered : Nature in all its natural splendour.
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January 24th, 2015
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Comments (5)
Deyanira Harris
Such a beautiful work dear Connie!! Love your work my friend!! Take care and have a great week!! :-) lfv
Connie Handscomb replied:
Hello, Good Morning, my dear! Hope you're well ... thank you for coming to visit me again :)))
Rob Luzier
Such amazing detail, your time and talent show in so many of your photos, Great work. L/f
Connie Handscomb replied:
Thank you so much, Rob; what a nice thing to say .. I appreciate your kindness so much {I do tend to lose myself for long spells when I'm doing these; a form of meditation for me, I think} :)))
Linda Lees
Such a pretty macro! The colors are so lovely.
Connie Handscomb replied:
Thank you, Linda! the colours drew me in ... I agree; they are lovely :)))
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