A rose kissed by the light of sun… or drowned in the scorching heat. Either way, this is a nice photo of a nice rose which makes a nice stock image that will be nice for you to use.
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A bright pink rose under the noon-day sun. This is normally the worst time to take pictures; the sun was directly overhead. But it didn’t turn out half-bad here; all the light is on the flower, so the background is dark, and the petals are nicely highlighted. It does reveal the defects in the rose, but that gives an air of honesty and truthfulness… right? 
Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/640, F3.5, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-04-23T12:37:07-04, 20080423-163707rxt
Source image. There was a lot of dirt on this rose; small …
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Source image, compiled from the Canon Rebel XTi RAW file using the default settings in PhotoFiltre Studio.
