Home grown bell pepper...picked just a little too late

Hot! In Decay

by Susan Littlefield

Uploaded 15 Sep 2009 — 46 favorites

© Susan Littlefield

Must have ripened while we were on vacation!

65 responses

  • Steve Baker

    Steve Baker gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Interesting definition of "a little..." ;-) But a GREAT shot, and deservedly voted.

  • Susan Littlefield

    Susan Littlefield said (15 Sep 2009):

    LOL....Steve, you know that everything in my life is 'little' :~)

  • Karen Foto Fiddler

    Karen Foto Fiddler gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    VOTED! Ya know ya gotta put some LITTLE people on this! It has such great texture!

  • Regenia Brabham

    Regenia Brabham   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    LOL!! A great entry!!!!

  • Howard Simpson

    Howard Simpson   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Made me look twice. Great entry!!

  • Aaron Schwartz

    Aaron Schwartz   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Bam!

  • Cicely Graham

    Cicely Graham gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Hahaha! Just a little perhaps! Great photo!

  • Deborah Downes

    Deborah Downes   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    LOL. Super entry, Susan.

  • adniloj

    adniloj   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Its a decay-o-rama! better late than never for the compost at least!

  • Rob Roy

    Rob Roy gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Oh my... I'd have entered this in the "Smooth" theme if it were mine... so you think I may be aging mine a little too much? FABulous entry, Susan!!

  • Donald Garrett

    Donald Garrett   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Really makes for a colorful and interesting Still Life!!

  • diana anderson

    diana anderson   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    a "little" longer and you would have dried pepper!

  • Dawn Duffield

    Dawn Duffield (Deleted) gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    The little people are going to have sooooo much fun with this one, I can feel it!!!!! Excellent pepper! Rad and rotten!

  • david ong

    david ong   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    LOL!! yes, a little too long for eating but just perfect for this theme.

  • Ann Reece

    Ann Reece   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    It is very colorful in his last throes of its life, put it in a compost pile to let its life have meaning : )

  • Warren ~Mangione~

    Warren ~Mangione~   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    Excellent entry! Great colors! It's a Yeah for me!

  • Michael Risenhoover

    Michael Risenhoover   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    My vote!

  • Ron LaFond

    Ron LaFond   gave props (15 Sep 2009):

    "Yeah!" but the colors rock! R

  • Jeff Weber

    Jeff Weber gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    Looks like what we used to call a "Jackson Illusion Pepper" in the 60s. The urban myth was that dried-out peppers could get one high, if smoked.

  • Sonia Adam Murray

    Sonia Adam Murray   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    It looks really disgusting and deserves a vote, you have mine.

  • Bruce Miller

    Bruce Miller   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    Awesome shot! I have one of these in my fridge. It's been there so long I feel we have a relationshipso I can't just throw it out

  • eithne mythen

    eithne mythen   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    LOVE it, my fav entry yet, love the texture, colour and shapes, just brilliant Susan..

  • Lynne Macgregor

    Lynne Macgregor   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    yup, just a little too late... but great colors!

  • Gail Anderson

    Gail Anderson   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    hahahaha... truly decay at it's most beautiful. voting!

  • Michael Adams

    Michael Adams gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    Ummm, yummy?

  • Donald Brainard

    Donald Brainard   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    Yeh..you leave home for a few days and look what happens!

  • JamesHarmon McQuilkin

    JamesHarmon McQuilkin   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    yikes

  • elfriede fulda

    elfriede fulda   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    Ha,,great entry Susan

  • John Linton

    John Linton gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    Hell YEAH! Rad!

  • Michael Ball

    Michael Ball   gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    LOL!! Great entry!! It's "Rad"!

  • Richard Bruns

    Richard Bruns   said (16 Sep 2009):

    But ... where're the little people? Guess they can't be in all of them?

    Good photo!

  • Jill Pendley

    Jill Pendley gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    Perfect for the theme...great detail...just a bit yucky :) vote

  • Litz Go

    Litz Go gave props (16 Sep 2009):

    I hope I will not be that wrinkled when I grow old, lol! Cool entry, Susan!

  • Judy Wanamaker

    Judy Wanamaker gave props (17 Sep 2009):

    Susan, you have somehow made this decaying pepper into a very pretty photo. Miraculous! A great entry. voting.

  • Karin Burton

    Karin Burton   said (17 Sep 2009):

    Just eat around the bad parts, ha! Great shot. Love the colors and texture.

  • Jüri Vissak

    Jüri Vissak gave props (17 Sep 2009):

    Cool find! Well done. Got my vote.

  • JOHN PALOMBI

    JOHN PALOMBI said (17 Sep 2009):

    reminds me of the pictures from health in school: this is a bellpepper that smoked

  • Jean Pierre Vacherot

    Jean Pierre Vacherot   gave props (18 Sep 2009):

    Wonderful colors and texture, voted

  • Lanis Rossi

    Lanis Rossi gave props (20 Sep 2009):

    Super detail and color! Nice job Voted!

  • Maurie A

    Maurie A   gave props (20 Sep 2009):

    Great shot.... stopped by to vote!!

  • Maura Wolfson-Foster

    Maura Wolfson-Foster   gave props (20 Sep 2009):

    So perfect; so good - my vote dear Susan!!!

  • Samantha Linton

    Samantha Linton gave props (20 Sep 2009):

    wow - that is scary! Looks like something I might find at the back of the fridge once in a while ;P

  • Manon Boily

    Manon Boily gave props (21 Sep 2009):

    amazing colors in that one! just like our tree leaves during fall! voted again

  • Matt.

    Matt. (Deleted) gave props (21 Sep 2009):

    Yeah my Vote

  • Zerina Phillip

    Zerina Phillip gave props (23 Sep 2009):

    So creative. Got my vote.

  • Frank Summers

    Frank Summers   gave props (4 Oct 2009):

    GMV! What colors!

  • Lynda Jeffers

    Lynda Jeffers   gave props (6 Oct 2009):

    Great shot..my vote!

  • Yasmina Baggili

    Yasmina Baggili   gave props (9 Oct 2009):

    What a perfect entry! Excellent and lovely shot

  • Yasmina Baggili

    Yasmina Baggili   gave props (9 Oct 2009):

    and voted of course

  • Joe Schaf

    Joe Schaf   gave props (11 Oct 2009):

    Perfect for the Theme! Voted: "YEAH!"

  • Mari­a Lujan Ferrari

    Mari­a Lujan Ferrari said (12 Oct 2009):

    great colors!!!

  • Jan Hoffman

    Jan Hoffman   gave props (13 Oct 2009):

    A must "YES" vote :) :) :)

  • Andrew Lawson

    Andrew Lawson   gave props (14 Oct 2009):

    Haha! Oops! Voted

  • Jack Sills

    Jack Sills   gave props (20 Oct 2009):

    This meets the theme quite well...Lovely Capture Susan...Voted!!!

  • Hassan al Raisi

    Hassan al Raisi said (24 Oct 2009):

    great jop >>> Beautiful shot. >> voted

  • suzanne

    suzanne said (31 Oct 2009):

    Looks like a wrinkled old pruneface of a witch, with a hooked nose, but minus her pointed hat!! Brilliant entry.

  • Mary Brown

    Mary Brown   gave props (8 Nov 2009):

    You have my vote! Such pretty, rotten colors!

  • Chris Spear

    Chris Spear said (11 Nov 2009):

    I love both the color and the texture of this. Its nice to see the transformation without the moldy rot

  • Andrea Petersen

    Andrea Petersen gave props (15 Nov 2009):

    Excellent and the decay is very evident on this green pepper.. Voting

  • JOE FAILK

    JOE FAILK   gave props (15 Nov 2009):

    Perfect for the theme! Vote

  • Stefi Failk

    Stefi Failk   gave props (17 Nov 2009):

    great texture!! Fabulous!!!

  • Patricia Shanahan

    Patricia Shanahan   gave props (20 Nov 2009):

    EWWWWW ! Awesome entry ! Voted !

  • dp *

    dp * gave props (4 Dec 2009):

    This is a beauty. It's just rotting away I love it. dp

  • Christopher J Chalk

    Christopher J Chalk   gave props (6 Dec 2009):

    lol. Well at least it still has some colour, all be it a little wrinkled:) Voted.

  • Sherry

    Sherry   gave props (9 Dec 2009):

    Wow . Never thought of a decaying pepper as beautiful until now ^-^

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