Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by Crafty Sue:
good texture

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by drydoc:
Fungus? Week early for the flora cahllenge. Nice shot.

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by Diana:
Awww beautiful this is my fav 10

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by CLarson557:
I really like the way the leaf seems to be "popping" out of the picture. The focus and depth is great. I don't really care for the title you chose...a rain shower is more refreashing than acidic. However, the glare on the many of the raindrops is distracting. The drop at the tip of the main leaf is the best. Wish they all could have looked like that one.

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by NicNic101:
Great shot... I love the rain drops adding some light to your pic!

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by maxpower:
wonderfully done!!! i love the contrast--- 10

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by Chuckie:
Nice picture

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by Allen:
nice use of color and also nice way to move inclose to be able to see the rain

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment by tiff:
Very nice image good work. I am goignt o give you a 9 for this

Red Daisy
by Enzo

Comment by floyd:
Greetings from the Critique Club

This is in many ways the perfect symmetry. Those seeds in the middle are rotationally symmetrical using the golden ratio If I remember my physics correctly. So there's no problem meeting the challenge here!

Normally I'd be critical of a very central subject placement in a photograph but in this case I think it works rather well. It's something to do with the very close zoom into the centre of this flower - I like the way the petals fill the frame. It's a shame the flower is less than perfect. I see curled up petals and a smudge of pollen across the middle. These are only small niggles but they spoil the "perfect flower" image.

The other technical aspects have variable success in this shot. The focus is good though not quite pin sharp and the exposure is just fine. But somehow you've lost a lot of detail in those petals. I'm not sure if you've pushed the saturation and/or contrast in order to make the picture so very red or whether your camera simply failed to catch that detail but either way it makes the petals a little too flat. Perhaps the culprit is your lighting which is very even and directionless. It looks like your light is directly behind the camera and that's good for a nice even lighting level but a couple of lightsources off to the sides might have helped define the shape of the petals better and perhaps bring out the detail.

Overall this is a VERY effective shot. You obviously had a very clear idea of what you wanted to achieve and you did a great job producing it. Your colours are excellent - the red and yellow stand out beautifully and your composition is good despite breaking the much repeated rule of thirds - or perhaps because you break it.