Closing down

all the parts that once slowly opened are pulling back in and dying off.

[Iris N]

looks like they're dancing. Beautiful orange tones

[John Falconer]

Nicely recorded.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

they are so similar in some ways to our grevillea

[Shutterbug]

Fascinating to watch the lifecycle.

[Issi Bannerman]

How beautiful though.

[winghong_ho]

Still beautiful.

[Babs]

Still looking good

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely detail.

[Peter]

Beautifully captured lot’s of lovely details Diana:)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful close-up

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Valerie Chesney]

Such wonderful detail..

[Renee Salamon]

And still beautiful as ever

[Peter Dulis]

Nice one

[Wylie]

I guess that's progress, but still lots of colour

[Dione Giorgio]

Looks lovely still. Great close up shot.

[Carole Sandford]

Great detail!

[katy]

This is really a terrific close-up

[Mags]

Neat textures!

[bruni]

Closing down but still beautiful. love the orange tone.

[Corinne C]

Fabulous close-up and these colors are fantastic!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty.

[Krista Marson]

nice close up

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful colours

[Judith Johnson]

Very nicely captured

[Beth]

It is still very beautiful.

[Cathy Donohoue]

There is still so much beauty in the dying.

[Kate]

Love all the detail visible in this closeup

[Allison Maltese]

I like this close up look.

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this very nice flower.
( We can buy those in a flowershop only.)

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful detail!

[Heather]

A super close-up! (Look at this sparkling cobweb (?) threads!) Fav

[Rick]

Great shot. Very interesting flower.

[Diana]

@iris52 @johnfalconer @koalagardens @shutterbug49 @jamibann @wh2021 @onewing @wakelys @pcoulson @beryl @joansmor @happysnaps @rensala @pdulis @pusspup @sangwann @carole_sandford @grammyn @marlboromaam @bruni @corinnec @mittens @blueberry1222 @bkbinthecity @craftymeg @busylady @vernabeth @cdonohoue @k9photo @falcon11 @pyrrhula @radiogirl @365projectorgheatherb @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

Really lovely shot

[Bill]

You can almost see the spines curling up.

[Pam]

Amazing macro!!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely shot

[Vesna]

Interesting flower!