Degenerated beauty

Blackened by cold with wrinkled and withered ruby skin, far removed from its plump youth. But it holds onto its place in life and nature, next to the yellow vibrancy of a neighbouring clump of mimosa.

Beautiful and intriguing enough to be captured, before its inexorable march towards death and disappearance.

13 thoughts on “Degenerated beauty”

ckponderings on March 6, 2014 at 06:42 said:

Great images; the detritus of a cold winter (although the first sentence of your post does remind me of an ex, lol…) :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on March 6, 2014 at 17:51 said:
  
  Hahaha! Oh dear. Just glad he is no longer in the frame :)
  
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Steve Schwartzman on March 5, 2014 at 21:11 said:

What kind of plant was this?

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- mikeosbornphoto on March 5, 2014 at 21:45 said:
  
  Hi Steve. Hmmmm, that’s a good question. I can only vaguely identify it as a rose hip… but I’m sure it’s something more specific than that. What a beautiful site you have.
  
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  - Steve Schwartzman on March 5, 2014 at 22:28 said:
    
    Thank you.
    
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taphian on March 5, 2014 at 16:18 said:

There’s so much beauty in decay.

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- mikeosbornphoto on March 5, 2014 at 16:43 said:
  
  It can be beautiful, it can be brutal…
  
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harrienijland on March 5, 2014 at 12:22 said:

Perfect shots, Mike!

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- mikeosbornphoto on March 5, 2014 at 13:09 said:
  
  Thanks so much, Harrie. My next job will be to find them in their prime.
  
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Open Up Life on March 5, 2014 at 12:01 said:

Beautiful captures. Thank you for sharing! Keep the vision! Tammy

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- mikeosbornphoto on March 5, 2014 at 12:18 said:
  
  Many thanks indeed, Tammy, I really appreciate your comment :)
  
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  - Open Up Life on March 5, 2014 at 12:26 said:
    
    My pleasure. Have a beautiful day!
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on March 5, 2014 at 13:08 said:
      
      And you too!
      
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