On Monday I posted an image of this Geranium plant with rain drops from our back deck (here)…in a unique light that was a serendipitous mix of direct sun and bright reflected light from the sliding glass doors of our kitchen. Studio perfect lighting, but due to no effort of mine. I also posted the pic and text to Google+ as my Pic 4 Today over there. For whatever reason, it went, shall we say, relatively viral. It gathered, in 24 hours, 905 +s, 120 shares, and 230 comments. It was viewed (on Google+ that means it was clicked on and opened in the viewer) by over 183,000 people! For the rock stars of Google+ that might only be bacterial, but for me, when compared to my average 30 +s, 2 shares, and 5 comments, it is definitely viral 🙂

This is another blossom. And again, what makes the image special is that blend of direct sun and reflected light, and what it does for the drops and the texture of the petals. This is a complex blossom, with a second blossom attempting to grow out of the center of the first.

Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and –1/3EV exposure compensation. 24mm macro, with 1.5x digital tel-converter for image scale and working distance. f4 @ 1/400th @ ISO 100. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.