# Decay and renewal

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/decay-and-renewal/52774>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** landscape, plant-life, weekly-challenge, macro-close-up\
**Created:** [October 31, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/decay-and-renewal/52774 "2026-10-31T00:21:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Huw\_Thomas](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/huw_thomas/32/87850_2.png) [@Huw\_Thomas](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Huw_Thomas)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/decay-and-renewal/52774/1 "2026-10-31T00:21:09Z")

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![Original - decay and renewal20261030-DSC07232.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/7/a715e746c0451aa9f08579af746b7964a4ba67f0.jpeg)

### Weekly Challenge

Decay and Renewal

10/25/26 - 10/31/26

**Critique Style:** Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

**Feedback Focus:** Artistic / Expressive

### About This Image

Lovely Autumn colours at the moment - this image seemed to shout decay and renewal

### Feedback Requested

Does the message come across?

### Technical Details

Camera:A7v  
Lens:100 GM macro  
Focal length:100  
Shutter speed:1/250  
Aperture:f/16  
ISO:640  
Flash:no

Taken through LR ands PS , painterly feel added in Topaz studio 2