Wild Rose blossom – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/2000, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
When I photographed this wild rose blossom and buds high in the mountains last week just seeing the flower made me happy. I stopped to photograph the roses. I couldn’t smell them from where I sat in my Jeep at the side of the road. That didn’t matter to me. I’ve smelled roses so many times that their scent is embedded in my mind.
This is most likely a native Wood’s Rose (Rosa woodsii) but I can’t be 100% sure from the photos I took and that didn’t matter to me as looked at it through my viewfinder either.
What did matter to me was that I was savoring nature and the views in front of me. It mattered to me that I was relishing the peace and quiet of the mountains. That I was there to see this rose blossom.
Life is good.
Mia
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Thank you for capturing and sharing beauty. Each and every day.
Those pink petals are lovely. Roses of any kind were my parents’ favorite flowers and they were so good at growing them.