The old and the new

I loved the contrast between the new flower and the spent one. It was a bit hard to get the composition any where near right because the other green rose shoots were in the way!

[Babs]

Beautiful, the circle of life.

[julia]

Lovely pink.. and great bokeh..

[Dianne]

@onewing Yes - it was an apt place to be thinking about the circle of life - it was in a rest home garden!

[Peter]

Wonderful soft tones, detail and depth of field, love the framing and bokeh background great image Dianne:)

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, but you succeeded so well. This is lovely.

[Sam]

I think your composition is good!

[sally agnew]

So beautiful, love the bokeh :)

[Photo Bird]

This is so gorgeous, the colours are like an old painting.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A wonderful capture with the delightful bokeh in the background

[Sally Ings]

Cool opposites capture.

[Lou Ann]

Very sweet, really. Shows the life of a Rose perfectly.

[Margaret Obey]

Lovely shot showing the changes over time.

[Suse♡]

Wonderful shot with two opposites

[Peter Day]

You managed very well

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautifully captured

[Catherine P]

Beautiful

[tony gig]

Beautiful, and wonderful bokeh Dianne...Fav

[Jenfurj]

It is always interesting to see the colour and textual variations as plants, and people too, age.

[Chris Johnson]

Lovely colors and bokeh!

[Tony]

Lovely capture.

[Marnie]

Lovely image and quite thought-provoking too. Great image.

[Nick]

@dide Thanks very much for coming along to our club on Monday. We really appreciated your support. It was great to see you and Julia.

[Kim]

Love the contrasts in this image.