[bloom, Card Sold, Christmas rose, close up, Canon EOS 5d Mk ii, flower, gardening, hellebore, macro, postcard, four features, >500 >1,000 views]

1. 27th November 2012 Received its fourth group feature this time in the group Artistic Flowers

1. 27th October 2012 View count reached 1,000 views

1. 17th Feb 12 Sold as a Greetings Card

Hellebores are prized by those who cultivate them, because they produce some of the earliest and most delicate blooms of the gardening year.

Despite its common name “Christmas Rose” the helebore is not a member of the rose family.

Most helebores seem like rather shy plants, typically with their head modestly tilted towards the ground.

This one has been picked and floated in a bowl of water, a method that allows the delicate petals and stamens to be appreciated. It is less than an inch in diameter.

History on this image on RedBubble:

1. 16th Feb 2011 uploaded to Redbubble
2. 20th Mar Featured in “The world as we See it …”
3. 30th Mar 2011 Featured in “Feelin’ Good!”
4. 27 th April 2011 100 views.
5. 17th Feb 12 Sold as a Greetings Card
6. 24th February 2012 view count reached 514
7. 3rd Mar 2012 Featured in “Alphabet Soup”
8. 27th October 2012 View count reached 1,000 views

This photograph is part of my postcard range. You can follow on to another gorgeous Very Ireland Post card

Techie Photographic Detail
Photographed on a Canon EOS 5d Mk II
Lens 24-70 zoom set at 70mm – macro with additional close-up filter
Exposure: 1/80 f11 at ISO 3200.
Post Production: Aperture: adjusted white balance and a few other small adjustments.