Two beautiful yet withering roses on a sepia background of dirt and wood chips. Sounds like something special I hope. Took me a lot of time to edit it, but I did finally get it just right. Now it’s your job to take it to the next level.
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The definition of complicity is “involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime.” So these roses are not your normal, law-abiding citizens. 
This is along the same thread as Simplicity and Implicity, my other photos of roses, which have similar backdrops.
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Canon Rebel XTi, EFS 18-55mm, 1/50, F5.6, 55mm, ISO200, 2007-11-11T08:13:21-05, 20071111-131321rxt
Source image. I spent three hours getting the rose and background to look just right. I used the kit lens as it’s the closest I have to macro, but …
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Source image, compiled from the Canon Rebel XTi RAW file using the default settings in PhotoFiltre Studio.
