Rose Stem with Curled Foliage

A rose stem holds a small cluster of dried, curled foliage at its tip. Backlighting brings out deep burgundy and rust-orange tones in the curled surfaces while the thin stem runs diagonally across a soft beige-to-gray blurred background. You can see the leaf veins glowing red and a small patch of dried sap where the leaf attaches to the stem.