Faded Beauty...

This is the next stage of rose decay leading on from my image for 22 June - the petals have all fallen and the core is now going to seed. For me this has an elegance and a mystery that even the blooms can't match.

View on black to do it justice...

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely to bloom and have a good life and in dying attempt to start a new life.

[Jane Pittenger]

Like the half and half bokeh too

[Graeme Stevens]

I like 'em dead.
Great focus and DOF

[KoalaGardens🐨]

with that pale bokeh background this is stunning!

[carol white]

Lovely against the bokeh

[FlorinR]

nice shot!

[Kathy]

Lovel the background. The flower has a bit of a lacy look to it.