summer rain
Water, water everywhere, and more than a drop to drink. Finally it rained after a long hot summer day.
I was wishing for rain, but it caught me unprepared. Mentally, that is. I was torn between heading back to the office or spending a few more minutes driving around and shooting through rain spattered windshield. With most of the people glued to the boob tube watching the impeachment proceedings of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, I figured that I won’t be missed anytime soon.
I’ve almost forgotten about the rain jacket and the waterproof sombrero in the car. It’s been there all the time while I was deciding whether to risk getting myself and my camera wet, or to just be contented with shooting through glass. And then I was smacked on the head by my own hand.
This scene almost got away. Almost.
A walk with my camera 
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Hello Sir,
I am so amazed by the last picture. It is so catchy and heart warming.
Hence; I want to notify you that I used it as a header picture on one of my blogs.
Please feel free to browse it, as I give credit to this image.
Keep it up and thank you so much.
Rai
http://raiisthename.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-effin-rainin-im-lovin-it.html
Orlando Uy, Lovely clicks ! which filter you are using? you must post your technique someday 🙂
just a UV filter so I can leave my lens cap at home… the distortion is from the rain-spattered windshield.
WOW!
Awww.. those pics of kids playing in the rain reminds me so much of the good old times when I was in elementary school. 🙂 Thanks for this lovely pic you took.
thanks, everyone.
@Fowler, thanks for sharing your polaroid shots – they’re all beautiful.
@Linda, I shoot mostly in RAW format, color, and then convert in Lightroom.
you really do take good shots thru a wet windshield. and those kids, once again. thank you.
I love the photo of the kids playing in the rain.. Ahh, has a nostalgic vibe.
These are wonderful images. I can’t decide which I like better. Shooting through a rain-soaked window is a great technique that I love to do, but the other is very appealing too. Glad you decided to delay your return to work. Do you shoot in bw mode or do you convert from color to bw?
What an awesome pic of the kids in the rain! You can see the sheer delight on their faces!
Your shot through the wet windshield reminds me of a technique we used to do with manipulated Poloroid images. We would shoot with an XS-70 camera that used a unique film with a vinyl covering over the image. Then we would use a wooden stick to push the emulsion around under that covering to create a painterly effect. It was fun and always different.
What a great picture of the kids playing in the rain!