Saturday 1 June 2013

Decay


The good folks of City Daily Photo have chosen as today's theme the 'Beauty of Decay'. Easy I thought just point my camera just about anywhere in Hull and click. It's all around me this decay malarkey but then on second thoughts there's hardly any beauty in it and the shabbiness that could be mistaken for decay is really mindless economic neglect. No, real decay leads to something new, it's a transformation, a recycling; it has a purpose. So it's back to nature and besides it's prettier than any tatty building in Hull.

A few years ago this  large tree, I think it was a horse chestnut, was felled on Beverley Westwood. Instead of clearing it away in some fastidious manner it was simply left lying. Over the years fungi and insects will no doubt eat it away and I will no doubt take pictures of them doing so.



 



10 comments:

  1. wonderful choice for theme day

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  2. I like your collection of photographs, especially the top image.

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  3. I SO agree with your great definition of the true meaning of decay, excellently offset with that stunning first photo! I look forward to seeing your documentation of the decline of the fallen tree ...

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  4. What a good selection of photographs to illustrate the theme - love the colours in the first one.

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  5. I love your take on the theme, amazing finds in all their wild variety. Beautiful decay indeed!

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  6. Nature presents a colorful display of decay.

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  7. Wonderful colors, decay can be so colorful

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  8. Beautiful post for the theme, and a nice series of studies. Well done!

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