Slowly saying goodbye.........

dying, rose, bud

[Connie Little]

Lovely details and DoF.

[sally agnew]

Lovely detail :)

[KWind]

Lovely image! I like your composition.

[Margaret Brown]

Still very pretty though, lovely macro

[Suzanne]

I'm going to miss your roses.

[Claude Trew]

Lovely details. It always a shame when a beautiful bloom dies.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

It's honestly sad to see, isn't it. A thing of such beauty, fading away — nicely photographed.

[Diana]

@littleconnie @hermann @kwind @craftymeg @suzanne234 @claudiet @lyndemc Thanks for all the lovely comments.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[Islandgirl]

Great composition!

[Taffy]

Sigh...but such pleasure in their life cycle.

[Diana]

@bkbinthecity @radiogirl @taffy Thanks for the kind comments

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture. Love the softness of the petals.

[Wylie]

Lovely composition

[Diana]

@sangwann @pusspup Thanks so much.

[tony gig]

Amazing detail...fav

[Poppo Livy]

I know just how it feels.

[Cindy McFarland]

It does look very sad. You captured it well.

[Joyce W.]

Thank you for the follow! Nice shot!

[Jane Pittenger]

Such a reminder to us that are aging, that we still have beauty

[Diana]

@tonygig @terryliv @cindymc @marylandgirl58 @jgpittenger Thanks gor the grest comments and fav. @jgpittenger That is so true Jane.

[*lynn]

makes an interesting & unusual image

[Suse♡]

Always sad when beauty dies but there´s something evoking in this, beauty still remains

[Diana]

@lynnz @susale Thanks so much, sad but so true.

[Pyrrhula]

A great capture and beautiful composition.

[Diana]

@pyrrhula Thanks so much

[Marloes]

Oops... that hurts ;-)