Lily

The water drops make it that! Among other!

PDE

Beautiful floral capture and of great details and colors, wishing you all of the best.

Thanks for your kind praise.  Your shot with the wasp demonstrates the variation possible with common subject matter.  And you must have had a very small bloom or a huge wasp in that one.  Don't know if I'd be brave enough to get that close in case I'd make him angry.   Best, LM.

Nice to hear from you again.  Thanks for taking the time to view and to comment on this one.  Best, LM.

The wasp wasn't there at all when I took the picture of the flower! I put it there later, when I finished the adjusting of the flower's background! It took me a lot of work for both (selecting the wasp and cleaning the flower picture) but it wasn't painful at all, only hard work, ha! I'm honored by your interest in my work!

PDE

Beautiful lily, Len!

Credit goes to Mother Nature for the bloom and raindrops.  Canon A540 P&S should get some thanks also.  I'll take credit for deciding to record it, and the heat if anything should be discovered to be amiss.  Best, LM.

Love the DOF. As Pierre says the water drops brings out the DOF even more. If you see it on a 30" display this looks as though it is popping out even though it is less than 1500 x whatever.

You should sell this to the Apple guys.

Cheers

Arnav

Arnav,  Thanks for the vote of confidence.  I'll be going around with a big head for the rest of the day now.  The shallow DOF does, as I hoped it would, accentuate the sharpness of the bloom by softening the background.  I took it at the equivalent of 111mm @ f5 (wide open at that length) and allowed the focus to zero in on the drop covered petals.  As for the Apple guys, let them steal it off the web like everyone else does.  :-)  Best, LM.