The pure rose, on white. This photo is grainy and low-quality, completely unsuitable for anything “professional.” But the grain is organic and adds character. At low resolutions, it’s not noticeable. So you can still get use out of this, and it’s quite good as a minimalistic piece. Click here to download the .psd version, with the rose already isolated with an alpha channel. Enjoy!

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Credit me as Richard X. Thripp, and link back to richardxthripp.thripp.com or rxthripp.com. Thanks!

Looking for more stock roses? Try these: Simplicity (pink), Implicity (yellow), Complicity (pink x2), and Rose of Orange.

Original publication.

A white rose, floating on a background of white. I was going to have the backdrop as a bunch of other flowers, but decided to do something different. This is from my induction into Phi Theta Kappa; white represents purity (and black impurity?).

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/80, F2, 50mm, ISO1600, 2008-04-19T20:06:38-04, 20080420-000638rxt

Source image. I was working in poor light for this, so I pumped up my camera’s sensor to ISO1600. The rose is very grainy, which serves as a conceptual counterpoint to the ideal of the title. You …

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Source image, compiled from the Canon Rebel XTi RAW file using the default settings in PhotoFiltre Studio.