Toadflax Tangle

A dreamy, almost abstract close-up of toadflax stems and their spent buds, shot in 590nm infrared. The foliage glows in soft pinks and blues, with slender stalks rising like coral branches through a shimmering haze. The buds are dusted with light, some fading, some curling like tiny scrolls. It’s a gentle chaos of intricate and layered nature, with a fairy-tale quality, as though one might glimpse something fluttering between the stems if they looked long enough.