It finally rained

and a few drops were stuck in the upturned petals. Maybe the ant was thirsty.

[Annie D]

lovely close-up

[Kathy A]

Fabulous close up

[haskar]

Fabulous close up. Lovely light and colours.

[Issi Bannerman]

Wonderful image!

[Casablanca]

They look so plump and full

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Maggiemae]

I think ants like sugar - must be some here in this most unusual flower!

[Babs]

Beautiful close up glad you have had some rain

[Suzanne]

Good one and glad the rain has arrtived.

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely bug and droplets.

[Zilli]

Great close-up

[Corinne C]

A lovely capture. The rain may help new plants to bloom!

[Peter]

Lovely composition, tones and fine detail Diana:)

[Mags]

Lovely unusual blooms!

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful capture.

[Bucktree]

Wonderful capture. Hooray for the rain.

[katy]

Oh, how beautiful Diana

[Liz Gooster]

Gorgeous. Just look at the clarity and those curling petals!

[Krista Marson]

A wonderful flower portrait

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great details in this.

[Renee Salamon]

Gorgeous

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautifully captured, ant and all

[gloria jones]

Very nice.

[Rob Z]

The little ant is so well shown - I actually wondered if he was worth making the main part of the image with a crop down from the top? He's just so cute in that area with the shapes of the petals and the drops of water? Just a random thought! :)

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely rain droplets.

[Heather]

What an incredible capture, Diana, with the ant and the water droplets captured in the curls of the petals! Fav!!!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Excellent macro.

[LManning (Laura)]

Thatks cool!

[Allison Maltese]

Nice close up of this unusual flower and the photo bombing ant.

[Diana]

@annied @kjarn @haskar @jamibann @casablanca @joansmor @maggiemae @onewing @ankers70 @wakelys @zilli @corinnec @pcoulson @marlboromaam @wh2021 @dkellogg @grammyn @lizgooster @blueberry1222 @mittens @rensala @365projectorgchristine @seattlite @robz @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @ljmanning @falcon11 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@robz Thanks for the great idea Rob, I always feel that I crop too much. I will give it a go ;-)

[Josie Gilbert]

Lovely close up.