Little purple flowers...

...waiting in the shade of the potting shed for Mrs S to plant them out in pots for the summer.

[Joan Robillard]

These are lovely. I bet they will lovely in the post. Do they bloom all summer? I love the clarity of the flower with the blackness of the background.

[Shelley]

Very pretty purple flowers.

[Edie]

Gorgeous. Love them on the black.

[April]

Beautiful composition!

[Tom]

Spot on focus and lighting with wonderful colors

[Nancy]

Love the flower

[Mary Downing Hahn]

I love the flowers against the dark background. The colors stand out beautifully.

[Kim]

Beautiful, sweet little flower

[Amy J]

Love the way the colors pop against the dark background. Excellent choice!

[Kathryn]

This is just beautiful

[Denise fuller]

Love this the black background really enhances the colour and the delicate flowers

[Tracy]

Gorgeous lighting and lovely flowers!

[Debs Stott]

They do look good on black. Love the shadows the stamens make on the petals in the top one.

[Jo Henn]

Quite nice on black

[Richard Sayer]

@joansmor @edie @catwoman2 @aerjoseph @denisefuller @dibzgreasley @johenn Thank you ladies for your nice comments. You all mention the black background, it's entirely natural - I placed the pot in the doorway of the potting shed to catch the rays of the late afternoon sun and the background is simply the unlit interior of the shed.

[Keith Porteous]

Superb Richard, love the light

[Joan Robillard]

@vignouse I was relatively sure it was natural as you don't do a lot of processing.

[Joey]

Stunning

[Lisa Targowska]

They really pop against the black background, lovely!

[Fisher Family]

Beautiful. The background shows their colour to perfection. katharine

[Gill W]

Wow, I need to work on my understanding of light and how to use it to get plain black/white backgrounds - this is fab. The colours are wonderful (ditto all the comments about the background!!)