Even as they fade...

[BrighamBB]

and fall.  Camelias all over the south grow in amazing bundles everywhere.  Even as they fade, their colors beautify the landscape.

CANON EOS R5, RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM, length 52mm, speed 1/125, aperture f/8.0 ISO 640

[LeeP]

Photographically speaking, flowers in this state are more interesting to me.

[Jkarl]

This color contrast which you do not normally see in flowers with the reds and browns is a very nice study in colors.

[BrighamBB]

I get that...it is eye catching and then you can spend time working with the composition that brings out the colors and contrasts.

[Tintype_18]

We tend to photograph in living color. Nature doesn't always furnish living color as the season fades but colors fade only to be renewed the next season.

[Jkarl]

And it is these color transitions that are mostly unseen that can make the most interesting subjects. 

Karl