Hellebore

My get pushed challenger asked me to do light painting, which I did here to highlight the in- and under-sides of these hellebore flowers.

Also for the final prompt for the 52 week challenge to include a minimum of three of the year's prompts

#pretty #reflections #negative space #details #nature #long exposure

[Gerasimos Georg.]

gorgeous composition

[JackieR]

@johnmaguire here you go John my response to your challenge

[moni kozi]

This is sooo good looking!

[Susan Wakely]

Fabulous. To only think that’s short while ago I saw them happily growing in you garden.

[Mags]

Such a beautiful composition. Love the color of your hellebore.

[Diana]

Ever so beautiful Jackie, I love it!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh very nice Jackie!

[narayani]

Very nice and gorgeous flowers

[katy]

FAV Absolutely stunning. Masterful use of light and composition

[Kathy]

Beautiful lighting.

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful!

[Kathy A]

Gorgeous light

[LManning (Laura)]

Understated and beautiful.

[Junko Y]

What a deep and rich coloration you have captured here

[John M]

This is so lovely. The dark tones really suit the deep purple. Great job!

[wendy frost]

Wonderful capture.

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful hellebore and capture.

[Rebecca Burlingham]

I need to learn light painting

[amyK]

Very striking

[Cherrill]

Beautifully composed fav

[Peter]

Simply gorgeous image beatifully composed and captured Jackie you have nailed thisweeks challenge perfectly, Fav:)

[Hazel]

Beautiful hellebores in purple. Must take a trip into the far reaches of the garden!

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Boxplayer]

Love the low lighting.

[william wooderson]

You should try painting this too! Could be an interesting still life.

[JackieR]

@will_wooderson @boxplayer @joansmor @quietpurplehaze @pcoulson @stowgarden @amyk @rrburlingham @shutterbug49 @wendyfrost @johnmaguire @jyokota @ljmanning @kjarn @carole_sandford @kjarn @carole_sandford @grammyn @narayani @koalagardens @ludwigsdiana @marlboromaam @wakelys @monikozi @gerry13

Thank you all so very very much!

[April]

Wow! Stunning viewed on black

[Delwyn Barnett]

That is a stunning photo. The colours look so rich in their depth!

[Lis Lapthorn]

A fabulous capture, more like a still life painting than a photograph.

[Wendy]

Such a dramatic shot that looks stunning on black!
Really well done.
How did you manage to do light painting on such a small area of the flowers?

[JackieR]

@farmreporter a little torch!
@foxes37 perhaps too sharpenned?
@dkbarnett thanks so much
@aecasey thank you for looking there