Rachel's Roses

I spotted these beautiful roses last week outside of Madison Square Garden, and had to find out more about them.

I introduced myself to Rachel with my standard opening line, "Can I ask you about your tattoo?" Rachel admitted to me that the first impression she had was that I was going to try to sell her on a tattoo-removal product or service. She has not been the first person to think that. Perhaps I need a new intro.

Anyway, Rachel's trio of roses are remarkable, and she has 6 or 7 tattoos in all, many of which are roses as well, although she professed an admiration of Betty Boop, and has one of the comics icon as well.

But all I saw were these three roses, inked by Shannon O'Sullivan at a tattoo convention. Rachel's brother worked for a bit at Skin & Ink magazine, which helped introduce her to some folks in the tattoo community.


Rachel explained her rosy infatuation a bit further, noting she had worked for the designer Betsey Johnson, who used a lot of rose prints and rose-inspired design. She acknowledged that this led to her "obsession" with roses, and that beyond that, they do not have "a deep meaning".

Rachel is a designer whose website highlights her work.

Thanks to Rachel for sharing her beautiful tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Age Maps - Bobby Neel Adams Photography

Really cool work by Bobby Neel Adams as he puts two pictures together of the same person one half is a child photo and the other the adult. See more of his work at Bobby Neel Adams.

First Singapore Night Grand Prix 2008

Formula One Racing held its 800th race on Sunday in Singapore,with the Singapore Grand Prix - also the first Formula One race held at night. Organizers built, then lined a 5 kilometer track with over 1,600 lamps, said to be four times brighter than those used at football stadiums. Twenty drivers drove 61 laps for a total of 309 kilometers at speeds sometimes approaching 300 kilometers per hour - in a country that once banned the sport, in part for promoting reckless driving. Driver Fernando Alonso of Renault won the race with a time of 1:57:16.304.

Burj Al Arab - World's Only Seven Star Hotel

Burj Al Arab -World's only seven star hotel located in the hub of business in the middle east--Dubai.

50 Beautiful HDR Pictures

High Dynamic Range photography is a technique that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures which increases the tonal detail in photos. HDR photos are new in the field of photography and requires good conversions to achieve a realistic and pleasing final photos. Above shows a HDR version of the Golden Gate Bridge.

HDR Photography is not for everyone as some simply do not like the surrealistic effect but if you do, check out 50 beautiful HDR photographs.