Chrysanthemum

Why should this flower delay so long
To show its tremulous plumes?
Now is the time of plaintive robin-song,
When flowers are in their tombs.
- 'The Last Chrysanthemum' Thomas Hardy

Today was far too busy to go out for a proper snap, so just a quick shot of a collegue's flowers. Decided it was a little dull so tweaked it in photoshop - just levels/curves and a crop.