Waterlily

Please critique this. Any feedback will be appreciated.

Seriously I love water lilies, namely in impressionism. What caught my eye her was the rich colors. Bravo there for seeing it to recognize the potential. But... this shot fails for the simple lack of clarity and a bigger scan would have been nice. Was it raining and are those water drops or specs on your lens that came through as some noise in your pic? Could have confused the AF a bit or maybe you need to just keep trying to nail the shot. I think you have a good eye, but you need to work out the delivery. Peter