Rosebud

Perhaps it’s a life in pediatrics but I love photographing new life. Photographing the bud of a flower gives me more enjoyment than the mature bloom. As I browsed my flower shots I realized that a preponderance were of buds as the primary focus. I get the same feeling taking pictures of kids. While I can appreciate the way life is chronicled by the lines of an adult face, the beautiful brightness and joyful potential of a child’s visage warms my heart.

In processing this bud I desaturated the color to give more attention to the delicate veins and structure of the bud.  I found these details intriguing as I shot but in the image they were lost to the bright red of the petals.  This effect makes the bud seem more organic to me.