Light, dark, rain, and bokeh

No 'Set & Forget' today. Rather dreary and wet, so I photographed some roses before heading to work. This is my favourite of the pics I got.

I reckon it's worth viewing large

I cropped it, and vacillated wildly between this and the cropped version. I like that the crop makes the rose bigger in the frame, but I just keep coming back to the full pic. With the advice of mrs tsuken, I've chosen the uncropped version, but here's a little crop for good measure.