This weeks theme is shadows

This is a hollyhock. The photo was taken into the light so that the flowers and stalk appear dark or as if they are a shadow of themselves. This is certainly what the shadow would look like if were to fall on the ground or another object.

Here’s a gladiola that is half in shadow:

These are actually photographic mistakes, but they fit this weeks Photo Hunter theme.

Perhaps I should have named this post shady garden photography, but that might have made people think I was photographing something illegal or illicit.