Captured on a Nikon D700 with a 105mm f2.8 Micro Nikkor lens, moving in close to these roses while letting the background fall away into a soft blur. The aperture is opened up just enough to hold the detail in the overlapping petals while everything behind them gently dissolves. Finished in Photoshop with a refined black and white conversion, light contrast sculpting, and precise edge work to emphasize the natural texture of the blooms without pushing it too far, clean, restrained
u/AMSTX — 14 days ago