I fell in love a couple of weeks ago. The object of my affection was an autochromatic print of roses from a family garden in New South Wales dated 1909. I knew that I didn’t want to muck about with it in my usual fashion but only to clean up the dust and scratches and enhance the dusty pink with a peach overlay.
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.”
― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden
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Nostalgic roses. Beautiful x
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Thank you!
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One can almost smell them.
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My work is done!
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Fantastic
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Thanks, Rajiv!
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You’re right, it doesn’t need anything else. It’s perfect.
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Oooh, thank you!
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Really lovely.
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Bless you!
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I just find it amazing that the emotions we feel when we look at these vintage creations must be very similar to those we have no knowledge of, and are long gone, who first looked at them. Men pass but emotions remain to be transferred over generations
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And I think we love looking at old images because it reminds us of gentler times as far as society goes.
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So lovely and you did a wonderful job of restoring it to its former beauty!
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Thanks, Itaya!
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A true classic in this wonderful image – love the deepness of the scene and rich colors. Love this one Sarah.
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You’re a doll. Thank you, Mary.
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love this image!
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Thank you!
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🙂
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Very suitable for Mother’s Day, and the hint and feel of ‘yesteryear’ makes it even nicer. Very good work, Sarah.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I hadn’t even remembered it was Mother’s Day! Thanks, Pete.
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Beautiful! I can almost smell these roses!
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Bless you, Ruth!
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I love the deep rich colors. Beautiful 🙂
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Thank you, Diana!
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I can understand that you didn’t want to alter it. This picture touched my heart and I can’t say why.
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How lovely, Cynthia. Thank you. The original is more pink but I wanted a richer, more peachy tone, hence the texture underlay.
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