Fade away...

A flower on the way home, a drooping petal ..summer fading now?

Reminded me of these lyrics for some reason....

"While we're living, the dreams we have as children fade away"
(Oasis)

Not the most cheerful picture / word association but hey ho! :)

[Amy]

Lovely dof & color!

[Jocasta]

Gorgeous colours - I find the colours really vibrant and rather jolly - but I agree summer is fading.

[Derek Vickers]

Fantastic colours Ian. Awesome focus. Fav

[Kd Wallis]

LOVE the colors!!! Gorgeousness! Fav :):)

[Scott]

Incredible!!! Fav!

[Elaine]

Love this Ian, gorgeous colours, focus and DoF! What were your Exif settings? A fav

[Ms. T]

The colors are so rich and gorgeous. Love the lyrics too. Nice work, as always, Ian!

[Allison]

The colours are striking, and the dof is so dreamy.....I'll happily put this in in my fav folder :-)

[elkehochban]

Gorgeous!

[Mae]

So pretty :)

[Babs]

Beautiful. This picture seems ideal for me today. I am having a bit of a sad day and your summer fading away seems appropriate. Love the colours. A truly beautiful shot.

[Peter Dulis]

Wonderful ,...

[Hope D Jennings]

simply beautiful

[Lisa Stein]

Beautiful shot, Ian. Love the colors in the flower and the background.

[Vijay]

love those colors and light Ian ...good to be framed ...fav!!

[Joey]

Awesome capture - as your summer is fading, ours is on the way!! :-)

[Rachel]

Stunning capture, LOVE the colours and the dof is just perfect! Now I have the song in my head...

[Andrea]

So delicate, lovely shot😊

[Ian]

@elaine55 Thank you Elaine and thanks for the fav too! Glad you like it. The Exif doesn't upload when using an ipad to add photos for some reason, but looking on the camera display it was f5 1/60, ISO 100 at 150 mm (on my canon EOS 550D) I then used a combo of Photoshop express and snapseed to process the shot.

[Elaine]

Fabulous Ian, thanks for that!

[Glenn Mostert]

Beautiful !

[Kazzy]

Beautiful intensity of colour and the dreamy background is perfect!

[Joy's Focus]

Wonder colors and bokeh Ian! I like it!

[Mana]

What lovely colours! Great dof and bokeh.

[Paula W]

Love the colours in this Ian and the processing too, but I'm really not ready for summer to fade away quite yet!!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Stunning shot Ian! Another FAV

[Ivan]

Wow! A bit 'Last Rose of Summer', but fav. for the DoF and processing.

[Christine Hosey]

Lovely!

[Krista]

Absolutely stunning capture- love those gorgeous colours and your composition! FAV

[Cathy]

Absolutely stunning... dof is perfect and that vibrant colour!!! wonderful

[Camila]

This is so beautiful Ian! love the colors and the focus~!

[Ian]

@amyamoeba @jocasta @kdimagery @derekvickers @sbolden @fauxtography365 @allisonraposa @timandelke @adventuringowls @onewing @pdulis @mzzhope @pflaume @friend2303 @joeyc @roseolivia @andreajoy @gmost @kazlamont @joysfocus @manasharma @paulaw @shepherdmanswife @ivan @christinehosey @tillycarter @kcman5 @camim Apologies for the group reply but I'm a bit behind on commenting the past couple of days, just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone for the amazing comments and all the Favs, it's very much appreciated, the support and encouragement from you all is fabulous and inspiring :). I will be catching up on viewing and commenting on everyone's photos over the next couple of days :)

[Susan]

Just beautiful! FAV!

[Ian]

@pandora thank you Susan :)

[Kiran]

Excellent DOF and the colors are just amazing.

[GiGi]

In your face colouring, again, makes me want a dress

[Trudi]

So beautiful! The colours are stunning and love the dof!

[ZambianLass]

Stunning - love this

[Odea1800]

Everything about this photo is just lovely. You've got the rule of thirds happening, dreamy bokeh & rich, vivid colour. Love it!