Here's a couple of reference photographs I took for botanical drawings/watercolours—in the neighborhood, not from my own garden! (I don't really have enough sun to grow roses, sigggghhhh) Like pretty much everything on this site (excepting other people's work) they're licensed under creative commons, enjoy:)

pixel pro 6, scaled to 4000 pixels (click for full-size)

I rather like that they're not perfect: at just past peak, the image encodes the fleeting quality of these beautiful flowers.

pixel pro 6, cropped and slightly darkened in gimp (click for full size)

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