Past its prime by susale

Past its prime

I saw this discussion thread today about what's going on in your kitchen : http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/21229/the-click-theme-for-the-week-kitchen

Well in my kitchen there are flowers dying and instead of getting rid of them, I felt a need to photograph them. I guess it can be considered to be the last act of kindness for those poor flowers.

You know I heard this poor little tulip talking when I bought it. You know what it said ? Well I heard it saying to other tulips: "OMG is that her, oh crap it is her -the legendary flower killer!...let´s all be very quiet and maybe she dosen´t notice us....crap she´s coming this way, please please don´t pick us...oh no, we are all doomed now!"

I´m so sorry little tulip, I don´t know why my flowers always die.
beautiful!!
February 19th, 2014  
Haha! Your story is funny. But this shot is beautiful. Fav..
February 19th, 2014  
Lovely shot. I have the same problem with flowers too.
February 19th, 2014  
My grandma told me that when someone cant grow flowers at home. Thats persons hand must be salty. I still dont know what she meant by that. Haha!
February 19th, 2014  
Love love love this shot and an instant fav, it looks so gorgeous and delicate even if it is dying...and don't worry I'm sure all the flowers speak the same of me when they see me too lol...
February 19th, 2014  
@jerwinkie Oh that´s very interesting theory, thank you for sharing it with me. I find that idea intriguing, especially since I don´t use salt at all if I can avoid it, meaning that I hardly never add any salt to anything I´m cooking myself but maybe that´s indeed not to be taken literally, maybe it means that I have some kind of bad aura or something....
February 19th, 2014  
Ah...cycle of life...caught well. Sad little tulip, but well captured.
February 19th, 2014  
@andy3168 Thank you Andy, well since you´re a man, I don´t think nobody expects you to, I on the other hand feel I always have to be explaining why I don´t get along with flowers very well :D
February 19th, 2014  
Great shot! :)
February 19th, 2014  
Unfortunately flowers always die in the end. like the detail and B&W in this shot.
February 19th, 2014  
@wearing0 Thank you Debi, that is true, unfortenately mine seam to ususally die before their time :(
February 19th, 2014  
Wonderfully simple, great subject
February 19th, 2014  
Wonderful focus and tones.
February 19th, 2014  
beautiful. Love these shots of tulips
February 19th, 2014  
It's made a great b&w, the light and tones are lovely.
February 19th, 2014  
Very pretty! I love it in B&W! The DOF is wonderful.
February 19th, 2014  
Lovely dof!
February 19th, 2014  
@susale hi, I dont really consider my grandmas phrase as negative or something like that. Im pretty sure she was not talking about literal salt either. Haha! lliterally, we all know how valuable salt is. Salt in the bible is said to be divine and pure. It is use to preserve food and use as fertilizer as well. I still dont understand. But once salt is contaminated with other chemicals, it becomes poisonous. Just sharing...
February 19th, 2014  
great composition...
February 19th, 2014  
great B&W
February 19th, 2014  
This beautiful even, or maybe especially, in death. The lines of the petals are lovely. Fav for me.
February 19th, 2014  
stunning
February 19th, 2014  
Well titled - the slightly faded processing suits the subject perfectly.
February 19th, 2014  
Oh, love it! How could you have put yourself down, thinking this wasn't good?!
February 19th, 2014  
Wow love this adding it to my fav list. Great shot
February 19th, 2014  
Very nice Suse.
February 19th, 2014  
Fav btw
February 19th, 2014  
Lovely shot
February 19th, 2014  
Gorgeous shot and especially beautiful in B&W.
February 19th, 2014  
This is lovely. Beautiful in black and white. I have identical tulips on my kitchen window sill.
February 19th, 2014  
This flower is yet beautiful and your capture has preserved that. So nicely lit and composed.
February 19th, 2014  
Haha - dying flowers make the most interesting subjects! Lovely shot
February 20th, 2014  
Ha. You're not the only one with dead flowers in their kitchen. If you leave them long enough and give them a bit of water they might come back next year. I had that happen with a hyacinth one year.
This is a great B&W. Beautiful focus and composition.
February 20th, 2014  
Lovely shot. Like the B&W and also the softness
February 20th, 2014  
haha...I love what Jerwin said...:):) this is a beautiful memorial to this flower..gorgeous shot...I too think it is lovely in bw...fav! very much enjoyed the funny story...:)
February 20th, 2014  
So simple and beautiful. The B&W looks great, almost vintage?
February 20th, 2014  
Gorgeous even in the grasp of death... Beautifully captured.
February 20th, 2014  
I have the same effect on flowers too! Beautiful memorial for this one though :)
February 20th, 2014  
was gonna sleep (1:20a.m.here) but have to fav this first ..it's simply lovely- &-sweet dreams:)
February 20th, 2014  
@joemuli Thank you Joey, sweet dreams to you, it´s 8.20 am here so my day is just getting started :)
February 20th, 2014  
I think tulips look better when they are about to die :-)
February 20th, 2014  
It looks lovely dead :D Well done.
February 20th, 2014  
LOL! Great picture and processing, though. Perhaps it is for the quality pictures that you take of dying flowers that you let them die!
February 20th, 2014  
Lovely shot beautiful in B&W
February 20th, 2014  
very delicate .....
February 20th, 2014  
Lovely ...fav
February 20th, 2014  
Lovely image, great B&W :)
February 20th, 2014  
Fabulous shot, brilliant composition and b&w. Love it!
February 20th, 2014  
Superb, simple, pleasing, fav!
February 20th, 2014  
well my flowers also are not having a long life. But this has one, it is here for ever. So why does it complaining.
Love the shadow
February 20th, 2014  
So lovely! Love your story too! Talking flowers... talking tulips...
February 20th, 2014  
Perfect capture of decay - and great processing.
February 20th, 2014  
beautiful
February 21st, 2014  
love the dof and b&w
February 23rd, 2014  
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