If there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to get me up with the dawn when I don’t have to, it’s the chance to photograph roses at the peak of bloom in soft morning light.
Some mornings the petals are covered in dew, giving a classic photo opportunity. This particular morning, as Rosa ‘Scepter’d Isle’ was looking particularly fresh and radiant, I made the most of my good fortune by taking portrait, landscape and square formats.
The portrait format with its focus on one bloom seems to work best, but the other shots each have their own character, so for once, I thought I’d share them all.
Prompted by this week’s photo challenge: morning.
Susan Rushton 
What a lovely photo!
Such a delicate colour, beautiful.
It’s pure rose pink.
Lovely images
Thanks Derrick.
Summer dawns laden with dew or mist are very special for garden lovers.
You’re right – the water seems to come out of nowhere. It always amazes me how even the dew is and how it seems to be arranged from small droplets to even smaller ones.
This is why we have “exquisite” in the lexicon. Thank you!
The open blooms are lovely and it’s nice to see all the buds to follow.
Oh my, beautiful! Yes, a very fine reason for rising early in the morning…..wonderful photos and thank you for sharing them!
My pleasure.
It is a real beauty and you have captured it wonderfully.
Thanks for getting up early .. Such lovely images
Great photos. I also have this rose. It is a very David Austin look.
Such beautiful photographs of a beautiful rose!