Carnations

I have not done a flower still life for a while so an a drab grey day I thought it was maybe time to have another go. I guess carnations are the flower that we have most regularly have decorating our mantelpiece so carnations came to my rescue. I tried them against my usual black background which always gives a dramatic twist to a still life but decided something gentler and more subtle was required and chose the grey textured background as it picks up the bluey green of the stalks. Worth seeing LARGE to check out the detail of the blooms