Opened in lightroom
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:-((( It doesn't look happy about the rain. Love that the background shows me rain in slo-mo, with occasional drops spitting off to one side or another.
Such a nice change from the colorful, pretty flower pics. This has such a depth of interest and excellent technicals that I would place this in the top 10.
Ah, is that rain in the background? Other than your title, I would not have known, I'd think it was a textured background. I like the look of the drooping flower.
7 - Nice - I especially like the capture of the 'rain'. I bet this would make an amazing print 'wall size'. I wonder about a little more height but that is mainly because of the bend and shape in the flower stem. Tones work well in this.