When this challenge was announced, I said to myself 'Here comes a bunch of flower pics'. However, I am very impressed with your execution of this photograph and have rated it the highest. The water droplets get me every time.
Excellent flower shot - just a touch over-sharpened though - makes the edges seem a bit digital. The water is perhaps a little over-done for this kind of 'designer' work perhaps. DOF is effective - real sense of three dimensionality.
Great shot of a beautiful flower. I'm a little distracted by the water. Does that somehow enhance the smell? I think it would've worked well...and maybe better...without the water. But I like it.
Beautiful! I like the tight crop and the water and lighting work pretty well - I think it could be improved with just a touch more light bounced into that lower right hand corner. I want to smell this rose which means that it's met the challenge better than most entries I've viewed so far!
wow. nice detail. The edges and the veins in the petals are great. Maybe a bit much water. Nice focus on the center of the bud, and the narrow DOF works to make us aware of the rest of the flower, but happy to soak up the deatil of a part of it.