Pink Precipitation

Rain on Peony Flower.

 

Continuing my love affair with this plant… this image was taken after a brief shower.

 

I rather liked the petal shapes here. One of the nice things about peonies is that the petal edges are irregular which can add to the interest and serendipity. The image is about an inch wide I guess, if that.

 

I decided to process it in a relatively low key fashion, but I couldn’t bring myself to create a B&W version because I just love the colour :)

 

You can see the sun behind the clouds in the reflection, and if you look very carefully you can see a bubble within the main drop.

 

Thanks very much for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image!

 

[Handheld in daylight. Processed in LR; lowered contrast, blacks, shadows and to a lesser extent highlights. Increased clarity to sharpen image, and a touch of vibrance but didn’t adjust saturation (the camera tends to under-saturate which is kind of what I wanted). Dark vignette. Finally sharpened fine and medium detail in Topaz Detail to give it more texture emphasis. Invented a title after a bit of creativity paralysis, dreamt up some words and here we are… lunchtime! :)]

 

Done