I took a bunch of photos very similar to this one right after a hard rain this summer. I was excited to view them, but every last one turned out blurry. Fast-forward a few months and I've managed to do a better job... if only because I made sure to take double the number of exposures this time!

It has rained almost every day since I moved to Ottawa. I don't really mind. I like rain, and rainy weather makes me feel better about being stuck inside studying in all of my spare time. Colors always look more vibrant after it rains, and there was an evening last week when the sun came out for a few minutes between cloudbursts. I managed to get some flower photos in very good light.

I like photos of flowers with water droplets on the petals. I know that anyone can stage these shots by spraying the flowers with water... To me it seems kind of fake. It's more exciting to capture the real thing -- flowers still dripping after a summer evening rain shower.