Finally? 
I suspect that it is ‘Blue Gravity’. The color may vary in the photos partly tending towards gray.
We know Blue Gravity (2020), but I think this one is new because it was the first time he said: “Light blue roses are born”. I don’t think he waited 5 years to say it. We’re waiting for some more information, we’re all wondering what the explanation will be.
If you correct that photo for color balance, it’s nowhere near “blue”. Color me skeptical.
Color temp and white balance really do wonders for the color blue.
Really pretty flower though.
Still no news on this rose. I don’t feel like commenting on it because I don’t have it in front of me. In any case, illuminated or not, this rose is so beautiful that it takes your breath away. And why should a light blue rose be just like Myosotis, this one has a different tone, a bit cooler. Yes, now it’s like Blue Gravity. But who knows if the image has really been altered? It’s up to us to be fair and try to take an identical shot with the camera set to the same settings as the rose in front of us. Then take a shot in the shade for comparison. Because we all knew that everything else would be fleeting.
Beautiful rose. Not to downplay that. But Paul is a photographer, and is correct. The first reaction I had to the first image was, “Color corrections, please. Not color corruptions…”
It is, of course, very difficult to know actual color from a photograph. In this case, there is a visible color shift in the entirety of the image, but it is easy, with modern software, to do less obvious spot color “corrections”, and depending on light, quality of sensors in the digital camera, the selected adjustment settings, metamerizing of pigments, etc., color me skeptical is probably appropriate.
Thanks for sharing. It warrants following.
Indeed. I was able to manufacture this “blue” rose photo in Photoshop all the way back in 2002:
Absolutely! Historically, catalog images of “blue roses” have either been physically manipulated to enhance the “blue” or deliberately photographed in shady conditions to make good use of the Ultra Violet light when makes everything more “blue”. Photographing anything in the shade, or early or late in the day when there is little to no overhead, direct sunlight, produces very “blue” images due to the naturally occurring Ultra Violet light. It’s something which has been well known in photography for eons and the “problem” is so common it led to the development of the “UV filter”, a filter which screwed into the end of the camera lens which removed the “blue”, resulting in more natural sunlight color tones. Photographing a person in shady conditions resulted in them appearing very blue. Using the UV filter in the same conditions corrected the color tone of the UV light, making their skin tones more natural. That is literally the issue with the original image and the correction Paul accomplished to demonstrate the problem.
As the offspring of two professional photographers, I can confirm that everything you have said is true.
Only way to check true color is to do a manual colorbalance with a gray card and a good shutterspeed which is perfect. The weather must not change after. After that check the color with the tools in Photoshop.
Agreed.
But that would break the stupid promises of random photos on the internet!
…Irena, I trust you know that the photo you shared is indeed appreciated, and we will be following with interest. The thread has taken a tangential turn that is no way intended as poking fun at your image nor your enthusiasm, but merely illustrative of the well-earned (and I hope you understand it as good-natured) cynicism many of us hold.
(Unfortunately the “rare dragon black rose seed” didn’t fit on this same screen shot. <sigh> She’s a beaut.)
Philip, don’t worry, I understand that the conversation is going in the direction dictated by the photo itself, or rather its hue. That’s normal. I’ve always recognised fake photos like yours you’ve posted recently and I didn’t even pay attention to them. I just couldn’t understand how people could buy seeds and think they were going to get a dark blue rose with stripes…
And since I follow the work of Takunori Kimura and know what he is capable of, I thought that maybe he had managed to improve the colour in one of the offspring of Blue Gravity, which would not be impossible with so many crosses. But I cannot understand how a photo can be improved from breeder, so that it no longer resembles the original… that would make me sad. But there are not only beautiful things in the world of roses, I have tasted them myself. Sometimes you are disappointed in people, but you go on.
But what if at the 20th World Rose Convention 2025 in Fukuyama we see some kind of presentation of the bluish rose? We will see.
I love blue roses, they fascinate me. I don’t know how you feel, but it seems to me that they have a certain energy and that it is written in their nature that one day they will also be bluish, that one day they will be recognised as blue, because we are so close.
Immediately after the news about the light blue rose was posted on Kimura FB page, after initial excitement, I began to realise something within a few moments…
In fact, I suddenly realised that it was as if a star had gone out, and I felt a certain sadness…
When I posted a photo of this rose on my FB page, my last sentence was:
…But now something has stopped me IF THIS IS TRUE; who will chase the blue rose now, this one is perfect anyway? 
I believe there was a release in 2024 called porte bleue. I randomly stumbled across a youtube video a couple days ago about it and it said in the description that it has less red hues than blue gravity. but, the ommission of red doesn’t means the rose is blue yet but its probably awfully close. Either porte bleue or blue gravity seem like a neat rose to have and play with.
yeah, here’s a video of Porte Bleue
I’ve seen this video before, but this rose has fuller flowers and buds (crossed with a florist’s rose)? The one in the photo looks more like a descendant of Blue Gravity to me.
