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The rain is here, but does save me watering the garden I suppose.

Both shots are taken without any colour modification, so I assume I've managed to fool the "auto white balance" (or long exposure? 30sec)  The coated metal is actually grey/black.

Not very interesting, but all I could manage in a wet garden while cooking supper!







Not enough light for the spider to get a decent DOF - as it kept moving! (the Web in the wind!)

I must learn to do the "water droplet reflections" properly!

The 3rd image  - I think I might have bumped the table with with the ball I used for the background colours (looks a bit blured), but the sunlight was going and the kitchen was calling!

I also prefer the middle.  I think sometimes, less is more.

Both images were taken within 5 mins of each other, with 15sec exposure, aperture: f/9.5
I'll check out the RAW files this evening to look at the white balance, as that grey/black coated metal are very different colours between the two pics!

Think 1 & 2 work really well - 1 the colours work well as the backdrop and in 2 the work well in the droplets. Image 5 is just spoilt by the white band being at the edge of the dandelion seed whereas image 7 is spoilt by triming the seed off but the colours work well.  What did you use to get the background rainbow colours (I like it)?

The background.... Top secret - Oh, OK... it's a good old cardboard Ikea storage box.

I've got to get a mattress from there tomorrow - might have to have a look around as they have lots of bright stuff for summer at the moment.  Number 8 works well because oh the high contrast at the edges.