Pokeberries early this morning

Get Pushed Challenge 581
My partner challenged me to do a photo in the golden hour or the blue hour. This was a harder than the golden hour photo, especially because I had to set an alarm to be out of bed early enough.

[Kathy]

@annied - blue hour photo. Hope this is what you might have had in mind. Thank you again for the challenge. It was fun.

[Corinne C]

A lovely plant nicely captured

[katy]

I think it turned out beautifully. Worth the effort in my opinion

[Kathy]

@corinnec Thank you Corinne. I always like to see the deep purple berries except after they have been run through birds.
@grammyn Thank you Katy.

[Dawn]

Nicely done

[Tunia McClure]

You take these challenges seriously, and do a great job of them.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[Kathy A]

They are interesting looking berries

[Issi Bannerman]

Nice colour just peeping through.

[haskar]

I like this mystery.

[Susan Wakely]

This comes to life nicely on a black background.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice details and capture

[Kathy]

@Dawn Thank you Dawn.
@tunia So kind of you to say that Tunia. I do enjoy doing them.
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian.
@kjarn They are a deep reddish purple, which is not really well seen in this photo.
@jamibann Thank you Issi.
@haskar Thank you Hannah.
@wakelys Thanks for looking at it that way and for your comment.
@craftymeg Thanks Meg.

[Delwyn Barnett]

It is always worth getting up early - hard to do sometimes though!

[John Falconer]

Nicely done. I had to Google “pokeberry” as it was new to me. Looks a bit poisonous.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very pretty- I used to make natural dyes out of pokeberries. They produced some really beautiful colors.

[Kathy]

@dkbarnett Hard for me. I want to sit around and drink coffee in my nightgown when I get up. I had to put on some clothes to go outside.
@johnfalconer Thank you. "The entire plant is poisonous causing a variety of symptoms, including death in rare cases. The berries are especially poisonous. Young leaves and stems when properly cooked are edible and provide a good source of protein, fat and carbohydrate." per USDA Forest Service. I won't be picking and serving them though.
@olivetreeann Thank you Ann. Yes they really stain. I've seen natural dyers' products when they've used pokeberries.

[Annie D]

I like the subtle purple and pink hues

[Kathy]

@annied Thank you Annie. The berries on this plant are so pretty when they start turning purple.