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Charles Gregory  rose photo courtesy of member Patricia Routley
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most recent 11 APR 23 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 11 APR 23 by petera
It is BW photo but cannot be of the red "Charles Gregory" by Verschuren 1947, it must be the yellow rose by Gregory 1929. Reusing names!
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 11 APR 23 by Lee H.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but in the days of B/W film, a photographer might make a creative decision to (for example) use a red filter in order to make a red bloom lighter, and stand out from the green foliage. Otherwise green and red can record as nearly the same tone. One quick example is the red American Beauties in Georgia Drennan’s book:
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