Monsoon rains has started in this part of the world where I live. During monsoon months some of us have made it a habit to pack all of our gear in a air tight bag stuffed with silica gel packets for next couple of months 
One of my recently learned lesson is best light for nature photography is bad light!! I realized the bad light offers us so many unique perspectives. Made this above image today at Ramanagar (click on the image to see it better in higher resolution). I felt background white cloud was perfect for what I wanted to create in this image.
The below image of a flower demonstrates the other lesson I have learnt recently – if we can control dominant light in an image then there are some interesting possibilities. Here in this image below (click on it to see it better) I tried to create a unique lighting by using the flash and selecting a the partial sky background. I have selected the right flash output level, aperture and shutter to subtly highlight the flower with a unique emphasis on background (sky).
There are a few more visualizations in mind related to bad light – hopefully I will be able to explore them during coming weeks. I wish it rains during every week end for next few weeks !!
