Bittersweet must flower, but I can not honestly remember ever seeing the flowers.  The fruit, on the other hand, is a feature of Thanksgiving and fall table arrangements and door wreaths. I don’t think it is a common plant anymore in Southern Maine: A victim of its own popularity. There used to be a massive stand of it on the Nature Conservancy’s East Point Preserve in Biddeford Pool, but they have aggressively bush-hogged it to the ground (I am not sure what the have against bittersweet…it is a native plant). These were still growing along the trail that leads back along the river toward the Pool.

I like a lot in this image. Shape and high contrast color, the way the light molds the fruit, of course, but also the texture of the dying leaves,  and the out of focus accents of the fruit behind. And it is, really, a classic rule of thirds composition,  with the added strong diagonals of the stems. Lots to like, in its own quiet still-lifey way.

Samsung Smart Camera WB800F in macro mode. Processed in Snapseed on the Nexus 7.