Streak of light

So who needs daylight when you have a flashlight. In fact, the mountain laurel, state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, is actually easier to photograph after sundown as it is so brilliant in direct sunlight. Even though it was the end of the day at Murray Pond, I just could not put the camera away, but it was so dark, I couldn't see. So, I focused the camera manually, held the shutter open, and ran the beam of my flashlight across the blossoms. We call it the "Versace" effect, named after Vincent Versace, a photographer who is a master at creating light flows in otherwise plain images.