cherry blossoms in Japan

Cindy, you don't have to be ashamed of this one. You have achieved a nice black and white effect with this color shot (took me a moment to realize it was color). Maybe a tad more contrast might make the blossoms shine.

Cindy: When I think of cherry blossums, I see bright white flowers with touch of reds and browns the word here is [bright] now if you had a foto of the blossums close up with rain drops on them and defused lighting that would work better: if you can boast the brightness here in the white that would improve the foto a lot: