The delicate beauty of hydrangea petals as they slowly deteriorate during the winter months is truly captivating. The intricate lace-like patterns that emerge from this natural process are a testament to the mesmerizing transformation that nature undergoes throughout the seasons. It’s truly remarkable how something as fleeting as the delicate decay of flower petals can create such a stunning visual display.
I love trying to bring it out details in my edits. If you are not familiar me as a photographer, I love the editing process. The framing of the subject and capturing the mood and details. Mostly, I do my best to stay true to the subject, just to enhance it a bit. Sometimes, well quite often I take artistic liberty when editing. I often convert the images to black and white as I find it it brings the essential part to focus. Or I play with the tone of the photos. Both styles shown in this post.
The last two images are true to what I saw. The last image is the original RAW shot, no edits. Above it is a a cropped and slightly edited version and on the top you see how I played with the image.
Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 
…. and to think their life is about to return.
All versions are beautiful but I like the one you chose as your header the best 🙂
Stunning result! Love all of these, especially the last one.
Love the header
The color gradation in your monochromes is beautiful. I also like the blur in the last photo. It leads the eye right to the center.
I like the cropped and edited (2nd last image) the best.
I find it easy to edit a wee bit on the large computer screen as I never really know what my photo looks like outdoors in the field.
Hmmm. I liked the all for different reasons. I think I I like the cropped one best because it focuses on the delicate skeleton.