If we talk about the benefits of rotten apples it is difficult to imagine anything other than a substrate for filling a humus pit where they can become an integral part of the nutrient soil but this may be questionable if the gardener is picky about putrefactive bacteria and other pathogens that can be found in the rotting flesh of an apple.
But when it comes to macro photography the benefits of a rotten apple are invaluable since its texture looks great in a photograph.
If someone thinks that I wasted my precious time to take a photo in which we see a rotting apple I will say that I spent even more time to edit this photo and make it even more attractive but not for apple gourmets but for macro photography gourmets lol.
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