Faded Glory

These roses are from St. Valentines; the leaves are wilting and the petals are faded and papery so, in conventional terms, they are long past their best. And yet... their faded grandeur has a quiet dignity and the serene beauty that one often sees in elderly ladies waiting on their time.

View on black if you can...

[Gavin.J.Cotton]

There is certainly and intrinsic quality to the image of slow decay. Wonderful exposure :)

[Cindy]

And with a bit of color in the last hurrah

[Annie D]

beautifully photographed and processed - I think flowers have a beauty about them at every stage

[john morley]

Your sentiment is as beautiful as your picture Richard !

[Amy Kirk]

Lovely, lovely, LOVELY! The purple just pops on the black background. Love this.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

No matter they still have some pizzazz!

[Loopy-Lou]

Very pretty capture

[Ashley]

Very nice, just like the young ladies you mention!

[Joce]

Lovely !!

[gloria jones]

Lovely photo showing that fading doesn't take away the beauty

[Rosan]

Very lovely along with the sentiments.

[Debs Stott]

Wow, they have lasted a long time and they are still a gorgeous colour.

[Issi Bannerman]

Very pretty on black. Nice.

[Joyce]

Just beautiful.

[Christine]

Lovely

[Danny G.]

You have captured the haunting beauty of fading roses, Richard. FAV

[Joan Robillard]

You could say it is like the beauty in a senior citizen, who many say is past the prime.

[Richard Sayer]

@joansmor Well that's what I did say... so I thought!

[Nicole]

still very lovely!

[Sally Ings]

The colour really pops against the black. Plus the purple is such a lovely colour.

[Margaret Obey]

Lovely colours

[Matt Sayer]

Why has this only received six faves??!?!?!?