Happy Accident: My First Water Droplet Refraction

(for those of you who are interested in seeing my San Francisco trip images, I have uploaded 10 pictures in this batch [239 in the past month]. Thanks everyone for your comments and your visits to my photostream! I hope you enjoy the show!) (Oh, and yes, I know there are really too many pictures to be uploading at one time but I have too many images I want to put into my Flickr stream so it just can't be helped!)

In my father's front yard, there is a lovely little succulent garden overflowing with jewel-like, tiny succulents. I took lots of pictures, and when I took a look at one of them, I noticed something I didn't even see when I took the picture! A droplet of foggy dew, about to drop off a tiny blade of grass, and through that droplet is the tiny succulent beneath it! Hooray!! This is my very first water droplet refraction, and I didn't even realize I took it!! :D (Please excuse the graininess of this image, it was very small!) If you're interested in learning how to create beautiful droplet refractions, this is a very nice guide: www.wonderfulphotos.com/articles/macro/dewdrops/)

By the way, for those of you who may not know, there is a very fun, free Flickr competition site which you might like to take part in. It's called FlickrDuel and features dozens of ongoing competitions, or duels every day. You can enter your pictures into many different categories and vote on contests too. It's another way to enjoy your photography!

This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.