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Tiny flowers. They looked so sweet, I had to shoot them. 8)

Stephen King: "The devil's voice is sweet to hear."

Of that, I have no doubt. The traditional image of the devil is a hideous horned creature. But popular media such as books and movies have, in recent times, depicted the devil as a well-dressed, smart-looking man or a sweet little boy. Me? I think the devil may be best disguised as a sweet little girl in a pretty dress and hat, holding a bunch of flowers such as these.

(I probably love horror fiction a little too much. XD )

[Humphrey Hippo]

These are devilishly pretty (sorry - couldn't resist).

[paula goff]

very nice Livia!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Claire]

Beautiful teeny tiny flowers; so agree with your theory, I may have even worked for him/her at one time! :0)

[Chris]

All getting a bit philosophical (but I like the shot)..

[Muse]

Gorgeous close-up and colour!

[Karen Mitchell]

Temptation is sweet... And in this case, tiny, pink and delicate. Never underestimate the power of beauty and charm!

[Lydia]

Lovely shot, and what you describe would be "the beautiful side of evil!"

[Cathy]

Lovely little flowers! And be careful the voice you listen to! :)

[Nada A.]

Interesting theory. The flowers are sweet and pretty.

[Colleen]

Pretty little pink flowers!

[❀ Lynn]

These are lovely and your close up wonderful! What great shape and texture to them.

[ツ]

Really lovely flowers and I like your little message to go with it too!

[Karen Williams]

Great macro of this sweet flower.

[Linda Lorraine]

Pretty pinks - and creepy thoughts - refreshing combo really. :-)

[Sally Ings]

Gorgeous colour, very delicate looking blooms!

[Joseph Donnelly]

Very beautiful and delicate.

I am reading my very first Stephen King book at the moment, I never fancied his stuff but "11.22.63" caught my attention and I am enjoying it.

[KWind]

Very pretty. Great DOF!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Beautiful details of those petals xx

[Cathy Donohoue]

I LOVE horror fiction and Stephen King did if for me when he wrote The Stand. Not so much some of the later ones.
Oh, and I like your delicate flowers.

[Terry H]

Beautiful!

[Pyrrhula]

I don`t believe in devils only devils persons. . I do believe in pretty flowers.
this is one of them

[Alison]

lovely colour focus an DOF

[Simon]

Beautiful shot

[Mick]

Even better viewed large!......I thought the devil was in the detail.......which this has a lot of :)

[Danny G.]

Beautiful flowers, lovely pastels

[Tony]

I'm so pleased Livia that you've given us this flower rather than all those strange images that crowd your imagination 8-)

[tony gig]

Beautiful Livia, and lovely colour.

[Michelle]

They are lovely, they look so very pretty

[hueymilunz]

nice contrast of pink and green backgruond. lovely flowers!

[Tanja Carda]

Beautiful capture Livia, colors and focus are wonderful =)

[GPix]

Nice take - both the flowers and the quote!

[Michelle Blackford]

Very pretty...love the focus!!

[Rob]

Very nice! Love your focus and DOF!

[Catherine W.]

That would be the best disguise!!!! Love these sweet but evil flowers!

[Sheri]

Very pretty! Love the color!

[Dianne]

Pretty flower..lovely colours

[Shirley Chetwynd]

very pretty colour of this flower.

[Anita]

I think you're right! Just reading The Shining at the moment too....
lol

[Krissy]

Gorgeous. I love that shade of pink.

[Julia]

so beautiful! love those the color!

[karenann]

Love the pink ....the pov and the delicacy of these! You may be right about the devil...I think the same thing. Scary thought, huh? I liked the early Stephen King books, but not the later one so much.

[Patty J]

So... the flowers are poisonous, right?!!

[Robin]

Beautiful; love the colour and the great dof.

[👑 AnaZad]

Beautiful macro. Very nice tiny flowers.

[Charlene Barker]

Agree with AnaZad

[bardejov]

What a gorgeous shade of pink. I'd get in trouble easy for sure.

[SouthChelsea]

Aren't they beautiful!

[Kate]

beautiful capture

[Country Lady]

Beautiful pink!

[Sharon]

Delicately beautiful flowers perfectly captured by you. Great job.

[Gabrielle C]

Really sweet flowers! And now I've got flashes of The Shining blinking through my brain ~

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

Gorgeous colours.

[Brian Baptie]

The devil always make me do it!!! Great shot as well!!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

beautiful summer ice cream colours ....love it !

[Marie]

He could definitely fool me! This looks too innocent and pretty to be devilish! Nice shot!

[Ellen Young]

I think your right Livia..You just discribed my Sister!! lol!! ..The color is so pretty and your right the devil can be disquised as anything that will make us harm ourselves or lead us away from the truth and Jesus! Just my opinion!

[Trisha Ford]

I just absolutely love it that delicate pink flowers evoke thoughts of horror stories for you. Too funny! Glad to know I'm not the only one that makes seemingly unusual connections! :) love the focus here. Happy and airy. Really lovely!

[Vicki Dixon]

very dainty!

[Rach_who]

Beautifully focused.

[Bobbyj]

the petals look like pink snow flakes!

[alia_801]

Lovely close-up and colours :)

[Howard Steele]

lovely capture

[Peter de Graaff]

Your devil is quiet an imp

[cglist]

Fabulous detail - love the texture here!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

I love this photo and I love Stephen King/horror stories too! Did you know his son writes? H is name is Joe King? I bought Joe's book on audible.com a while back...The Heart Shaped Box...it was pretty good. Had no clue who Joe King was! I just love me some S. King!

[Louie]

Love the colour and focus Livia. Great shot!

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful, Livia.

[Carole Imes]

Pretty pink sherbet look ... devil in disguise? No way! ;-)

[EvaHenriette]

Very pretty flowers. Such a lovely capture.

[Lin]

Glad you shot them!

[Princess Fairlane]

What a lovely colors Livia! it's more creepy to think of the devil as a sweet little girl in lovely dress and hat holding a bunch of flowers... really devilish :D

[Kitti Nelson]

So soft and delicate - lovely dof.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

They are so cute and such a pretty color.

[e.gad]

Great photo and love your commentary!

[ladyjane]

So very pretty.

[Monica]

Very pretty

[Ade Akinyede]

Only in a photographer's community could you get away with string together "They looked so sweet, I had to shoot them" lol!! Lovely DOF and colours!

[Frida]

This is lovely! The colours, your focus, just edible! :) Devil, hmmmm I don't think too much about that but when I do Al Pacino's face in Devil's Advocate comes to mind : 'Vanity, definitively my favourite sin!'

[Chris]

Beautiful - love how well you caught this "globe" of flowers .

[Livia]

A great, big, pretty-in-pink and devilishly sweet "THANK YOU!" to everyone! My head makes weird associations all the time. Thank you for taking a few moments to visit and write a comment. Please know that I appreciate your support very much. Just 25% to go before I complete my project!

[Anna]

so pretty:)

[Danielle Greenwood]

Oh Livia you are spooking me! Lol
Beautiful shot.

[Pam]

I am a huge Stephen King fan, and I totally agree with you on the little girl in the pretty dress lol. Beautiful shot!

[Beau]

Stephen who? :P
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist." ~ Keyser Soze
Beautiful capture. Love the color and detail.