After the rain has gone..

[Messiah Khan]

1.
http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs16/f/2007/147/9/d/Guardian_of_the_purple_cave_1_by_MessiahKhan.jpg
2.
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/147/0/5/Guradian_of_the_purple_cave_2_by_MessiahKhan.jpg
3.
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/147/b/1/Colours_of_rain_by_MessiahKhan.jpg
4.
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs17/f/2007/147/c/f/After_the_rain_by_MessiahKhan.jpg
:)

[Richard Peters]

The second shot is by far the best for me. I love those colours and the sharpness is just right and the water drops look interesting because of all the colours.

The rest are nice but they feel more like observation shots whereas the second one has more of that wow factor. Really good shot!!

[scoff]

3rd one for me.
Nice shot.

[RobertP]

I'd go with #2 as well. Not sure the water drop add anything though.

[Janice]

No 2 is beauuuuuuuutiful! the colours are something else.

That really does it for me! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

I can see it as a huge poster on a wall.....!

[Messiah Khan]

Thanks you lot. I actually had to use focal stacking to get the dof in 1 and 2, with it being cloudy, and the flower being dark I needed to keep the shutter speed up due to it being very blustery. As for the waterdrops, they were just there, as it literally had just stopped raining. Im probably going to shoot a few more of this one as its not reached the peak of its flowering yet(only flowers once every few years apparently).

[Million]

Two is awesome, like looking into the mouth of a big alien or something. What flower is it?

[Messiah Khan]

Two is awesome, like looking into the mouth of a big alien or something. What flower is it?

'Dusky challenger', a bearded iris.