AFTER THE RAIN

We had thunderstorms throughout the night and up to 9.30am of yesterday morning. This is one of the shots I took of the leaves on my orange tree. The rain was good for the trees – not sure if it was good for crops. There were some flooded streets around Malta for some time which caused havoc in the traffic system.

Joke: One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed.
She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't dear," she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room."
A long silence was broken at last by a shaken little voice saying, "The big sissy."

Thank you very much for looking and for all the lovely comments and the fav's on yesterday's picture.

[Margaret Pengelly]

Rain. It's wonderful to walk through the garden after rain especially when the leaves are still laden like this.

[Chris K]

looks fascinating in black and white.

[AmyJ]

Lovely black and white photo!

[Irene Marshall]

Lovely droplets hoping the fruit hang on...

[John]

Well done with the rain droplets.

[Joyce]

beautiful raindrops Dione

[sally agnew]

Nice capture of the droplets, like the B&W :)

[Sue]

So different to see droplets in B&W! Great shot Dione.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

I like the subdued light in this, it conveys the idea of still brooding, grey skies.

[Peter Dulis]

lovely monochrome

[bkb in the city]

Very cool shot

[Diana Moss]

The droplets really in show up in b&w

[Tremerryn]

Wonderful textures and detail.

[gloria jones]

Great shot, textures

[Rick Schies]

Nice idea and in fact I shot a couple like this today

[Nicole]

wow this is gorgeous and it works so well in b&w!!

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture, and processing

[Pyrrhula]

A great B+W shot of the raindrops. We have a dry period now. Farmers love this as they have lost a lot by it this autumn.
Thanks for you nice wishes.

[alia_801]

Beautiful capture - it has an abstract quality to it, but definitely captures the 'after the rain' feeling

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very pretty- we've had several days of rain here too. It's a little dreary but we've needed it. Nice capture!

[Taffy]

Heavy rain...you convey it really well.

[Yao RL]

Super contrast, how refreshing.

[Dione Giorgio]

@ubobohobo @cruiser @basqgirl @irene111 @congaree @thistle @hermann @sioux @dulciknit @pdulis @bkbinthecity @snowy @tremerryn @seattlite @digitalrn @nicoleterheide @craftymeg @pyrrhula @alia_801 @olivetreeann @taffy @yaorenliu Thank you so much for all the lovely comments.

[Nina Ganci]

amazing b/w

[Phil Howcroft]

Cool mono dione, not often you post in mono

[Dione Giorgio]

@phil_howcroft Thanks, Phil. I am never comfortable with mono shots and normally prefer coloured pictures but every now and then I take the plunge.

[Dione Giorgio]

@ninaganci Thank you so much.

[Sylvia du Toit]

Beautiful in b & w and nice texure. Fav.

[Lisa Poland]

Beautiful! FAV!