Here in Miami, we get more than our fair share of rain during the rainy season. The photo below is to remind us that there is a silver lining to the rain! This is an image that I captured in the Redlands, which is near Homestead, Florida. I shot a number of images on that particular morning with a beautiful deep blue sky and white puffy clouds. Yes, we do have sunflower fields here in Miami. All of a sudden while I was shooting, dark clouds rolled in followed by a torrential downpour. I prefer the image below with the dark foreboding sky as it is more compelling in my opinion than the earlier images with puffy white clouds. I have shot in this field many times but this was the only occasion where there was only one predominant sunflower that stood out among the rest. I included the row of soil in the middle of the photo to give depth to the image. I also used fill flash that was powered up to counter the strong sun. The fill flash was used to accentuate the detail in the sunflower itself. The bee in the center of the sunflower was a bonus!
