Where to Find Color for a Photo Challenge Like an Expert

Weekly Photo Challenge: Color Woodlake Botanical Gardens At the Kiwanis Hunger Run, we assembled at the Woodlake Botanical Gardens, which is a well-hidden treasure right on the main street skirting Woodlake. I wanted to go back and take pictures of the gorgeous roses before it got too hot for them to be beautiful anymore. I’ll…

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April 18, 2013

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Color

Woodlake Botanical Gardens

At the Kiwanis Hunger Run, we assembled at the Woodlake Botanical Gardens, which is a well-hidden treasure right on the main street skirting Woodlake. I wanted to go back and take pictures of the gorgeous roses before it got too hot for them to be beautiful anymore.

Botanical Gardens

I’ll start with the over-all color palate, and narrow it down to individual colors.

Keep in mind this the Main Street in Woodlake.

As I entered from the side street, I felt like Dorothy following the Yellow Brick Road. Sadly I left my red shoes at home.

To have a yellow brick road, one must start with a brick yellow rose.

Keep in mind your job here. Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to find the perfect colored rose, indeed the perfect rose. If you don’t think yellow is perfect, let’s move on.

This one is a little deceiving for the princess who thinks she is going to get just a pink or salmon colored rose.

But let’s assume that the perfect rose is pink and only pink.

To some ROSES are RED, and only red roses mean anything. Is that you?

This ain't no violet!

Okay, maybe red isn’t your thing. Do you prefer more of a mix?

Salmon/yellow/red/orange take your pick.

Or maybe you like more of a blend of pink, rather than yellow/pink, maybe pink/yellow?

Maybe you can’t decide between red and yellow. This next choice might be what you would choose as the perfect rose.

Of course, if you can’t decide on one color, you can always combine them all and get white.

Maybe you should just site for a bit and ponder. Picking perfect is exhausting. Oh, you can’t find the bench? It’s right there with the pink roses. See it? Don’t worry; these roses don’t scratch. They’re perfect! 🙂

Portland, City of Roses, eat your heart out! 🙂 And may the best rose win. 🙂 Tomorrow I take my FIRST photography class, and Saturday, an all day photo shot – “Wildflowers.” I can’t wait! 🙂

Where is your favorite garden?

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Russel Ray Photos

June 3, 2013 at 2:44 am

I retired in 1993. I was 38 and had just moved to San Diego. I sold everything back in Texas, everything that I had spent my whole life working towards, collecting — real estate, cars, motorcycles, music……………. Gave it all up. But after 10 months of doing nothing but soaking up the sun on the beaches of San Diego, I was bored. That was in February 1994, and I was the only one on the beach that day when it suddenly hit me: People need to be with other people. I put myself back in the work force and will probably work until the day I die.

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1. tchistorygal
  
  June 3, 2013 at 1:05 pm
  
  You have the perfect job to do that, Russel Ray. And the perfect personality! I’m sure I will be doing something all my life. Whether or not I make money at it isn’t necessarily the main issue. That being said, I don’t MIND making some money at what I do either. 🙂 Working is one of God’s commands that people tend to overlook (maybe me included!) Genesis doesn’t say God worked hard in order to have more time to rest, it says God worked 6 days and on the 7th he rested. I think that means that we need to work more than we rest instead of the other way around. Does that mean I should give up retirement and vacations and go back to working? I don’t think so. Some where in Ecclesiastes it says something about working until age 50. But look at Moses. So I think we must work until we are not good at our job any more, or feel like we want to do another job. The worst thing I have seen is teachers who stay past their passion for teaching in the classroom and the kids don’t get a good education. That gripes me. Rant, rant! 🙂 Thanks for your comment, RR 🙂 You really camped out this time! 🙂 I’ve missed you. 🙂
  
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adinparadise

April 20, 2013 at 12:48 am

Beautiful roses, Marsha. I’ll go for red, if I have to choose, but a mixed bunch is also very welcome. Enjoy your photography lessons, and the Wildflower shoot. Happy weekend to you. 🙂

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 20, 2013 at 3:31 pm
  
  I had a great time. I only had two problems. I sat in a cow pile covered with wildflowers, and it happened to be wet. I did that right off the bat. Then later in the morning I took my camera off the tripod and dropped it. I had just bought a new lens for it. I was so lucky. The dirt was soft, and noting was damaged! Amazing. But I had a great day, and learned a lot. 🙂 Happy weekend to you Sylvia. May you be blessed by sitting in safe, clean places! 🙂 🙂
  
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  1. Sally Pace
    
    April 23, 2013 at 8:29 am
    
    I am still laughing about the cow pie. I am catching up on your blog using the wifi on the train. What fun!!
    
    You are an amazing lady. See you when we get home.
    
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    1. tchistorygal
      
      April 23, 2013 at 1:40 pm
      
      Have fun! I’m totally jealous – a train adventure with your sweetie! In SF!!! See you Sat.! I’ll be anxious to hear all about it! Watch where you sit!!!
      
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  2. smilingtoad
    
    May 19, 2013 at 2:53 pm
    
    Blast that is so ME! p.s. LOVED this, gorgeous, phenomenal photos. I could not stop laughing when I suddenly came upon Buddy, Someone Else’s Honey and Blushing- esp. buddy. I’m STILL laughing. Well done, perfect entry!!
    
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enmanscamera

April 19, 2013 at 3:52 pm

Gosh, I think you did rather well…colour? You made nice pictures and chose angles that gave you nice colour. My fav is the very first image in your series. That made me think about what was about to happen visually. Good work.

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 20, 2013 at 3:24 pm
  
  Thanks so much! That makes me feel great since I finally took my first photography class today! 🙂
  
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viveka

April 19, 2013 at 7:37 am

Absolute stunning photos … and the colors – it’s nearly so I can smell every rose through my screen. Love this post with all it’s summer … in.

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:41 am
  
  You have a great imagination. That’s why you’re a great blogger! Bring on the summer! 🙂
  
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  1. viveka
    
    April 20, 2013 at 12:51 pm
    
    Yes, I have a big imagination … always had, because I was so lonely as a child .. so the imagination was making my world more exciting and it was bad at times, but it sorted itself out *smile
    
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    1. tchistorygal
      
      April 20, 2013 at 3:34 pm
      
      Write on! 🙂 🙂
      
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Sally Pace

April 19, 2013 at 7:26 am

Great job!! I am anxious to hear all about your Photo class. I hope this brings lots of people to Bravo Botanical Gardens. It is a real Tulare County Treasure.

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:40 am
  
  It truly is a treasure, Sally. If there’s no room on the path next time I go, we can blame my blog, right? They’ll be coming from all over the world, congregating around Bravo Lake! hahaha Watch out Sally. BTW EVERYONE readin this comment. Be sure to vote for Sally everyday this month. Vote for Sally P., Outstanding Senior Volunteer
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RedneckRosarian

April 19, 2013 at 6:02 am

Glorious color, indeed. Thanks for sharing your pics

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:38 am
  
  Thanks for the compliment! 🙂
  
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Amy

April 19, 2013 at 5:59 am

Wow, cool shots, Marsha!

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:37 am
  
  Thanks Amy. Maybe I’m learning something from you!! 🙂
  
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  1. Amy
    
    April 19, 2013 at 11:45 am
    
    🙂
    
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utesmile

April 18, 2013 at 11:50 pm

Beautiful pictures and colours!

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:27 am
  
  Thanks Ute. Come over and see them for yourself! They are pretty right now. A few more weeks and it will be too hot for the roses to be big.
  
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Leanne Cole

April 18, 2013 at 8:12 pm

Colour colour colour everywhere Marsha, they look beautiful.

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:25 am
  
  Thanks, Leanne. Woodlake’s best kept secret! 🙂
  
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Andrew

April 18, 2013 at 7:57 pm

I love roses. They remind me of my father who grew them wherever we lived. Standards, Hybrid teas, you name it, he grew them. I had a go myself later in life but they suffered from black spot. I don’t think it is the colour that is critical but the fragrance. Walking in a rose garden and breathing in the perfume is wonderful. But if I have to pick a winner, I vote for your blushing rose. Gorgeous!

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:24 am
  
  Thanks Andrew. I was just telling Maddie that I didn’t even notice the smell, and there were thousands of them. You would have thought that it would have been so pungent that I couldn’t even walk around. If the challenge of smell ever comes up, and I use these photos, you’ll know I’m lying! 🙂 Rats, now I can’t use them. I can’t lie to you. 🙂
  
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Maddie Cochere

April 18, 2013 at 6:57 pm

Double Wow! These are beautiful. What a great lens. My favorite was the salmon/yellow/red/orange rose … but then you gave me a pink rose with a little yellow! What could be more perfect than that (other than the red rose). Sigh. So pretty. It must have smelled wonderful, too.

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:21 am
  
  You know, Maddie, the smell wasn’t overwhelming – even to the point of remembering what they smelled like. Maybe the breeze was too strong. There’s not much moisture in the air, and the smell isn’t as powerful as I remember it being as I was growing up in Indiana. My grandmother had a trellis of bright red roses against her white siding. They were so beautiful, and smelled romantic!
  
  I was on a mission here, so who knows why I didn’t smell. Too bad. 🙂
  
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Alastair

April 18, 2013 at 3:26 pm

Glorious colour

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1. tchistorygal
  
  April 19, 2013 at 11:15 am
  
  Thanks, Alastair!!! 🙂
  
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Marsha

Hi, I’m Marsha Ingrao, a retired educator and wife of a retired realtor. My all-consuming hobby is blogging and it has changed my life. My friends live all over the world. In November 2020, we sold everything and retired to the mile-high desert of Prescott, AZ. We live less than five miles from the Granite Dells, four lakes, and hundreds of trails with our dog, Kalev, and two cats, Moji and Nutter Butter. Vince’s sister came with us and lives close by. Every day is a new adventure.

Marsha Ingrao – Always Write