It's raining again, but that's not all bad.

The earth laughs in flowers.

— E. E. Cummings

My attention was initially drawn to the water droplets on the Euphorbia and the leaves of the Daylilies, but those photos weren't very successful.

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Poppy almost

The poppy bud came out pretty well, though I'm not sure the focus is as crisp as it could be. The poppy, poor thing, blossomed this morning and promptly got beaten down by the rain.

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Wet Centaurea

You've seen this Centaurea before. It looks a little downtrodden in the rain. It's the lilies that really stand out.

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Lily almost

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Wet Lily

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Another wet Lily

A little rain's not so bad.

Comments:

Beautiful. What kind of a lens did you use for those?

Posted by Rob on 22 Jun 2006 @ 09:09pm UTC #

Thanks. I took these with my Nikon 5700 (which doesn't have interchangeable lenses).

Posted by Norman Walsh on 23 Jun 2006 @ 05:08am UTC #
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