Lavatara in Darkness
by jbsmithana

Comment by vtruan:
beautiful Hollyhock, well done

Lavatara in Darkness
by jbsmithana

Comment by woohoopepper:
Like the painting effect. 9

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by jbsmithana:
Thanks for all the comments. It is always interesting about the b/w vs. color issue as you can see by the comments. For those interested I converted to b/w so that the flower would not be as prominent. I wanted the rain to be evident since that was the subject and thought the brightness of the flower was distracting. And yes, this is a fake. I rant he sprinkler which created the slanted rain. Wind would have made it more difficult to get a sharp image.

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by mandrade:
This is beautiful. I love black and white shots, it adds such emotion to pictures i think.

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by Balko:
Nice composition and a great B&W - 9

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by dragonlady:
Nice capture of raindrops, also I like the position of flowers in this image; b&w is also good in this case.

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by PhilO:
Very nice!

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by metoecus:
I think that this would have been much more impressive in color. B&W tends to emphasize the textures, and there aren't many present in this image.

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by SJCarter:
Neat shot. Not sure B/W does it justice, but great focus & DOF.

Summer Shower
by jbsmithana

Comment by Rikki:
The contrast here is a a bit blown. I think you could have burned the flower a bit so that it doesn't get lost in the image. The rain capture is fantastic. 6