Rain Down On Me

Waking up to a rainy day gave me an inspiration to attempt a shot that I’ve always wanted to try, but never have before: capturing raindrops.  I’ve seen pictures of rain on a house window and rain on a car windshield with city lights shining through, which are both interesting to me.I wanted something a little different. The water droplets can act like little lenses, focusing things that are outside of the intended range. They also, like most lenses, invert the image. I wanted to capture raindrops refracting what was above them. In my shot you can see the branches of a few trees, moderately out of focus in the background and a sharp image of those tree branches in all of the droplets of water. I did this by shooting up through a large piece of glass. I love how each droplet, even the distorted ones show the trees above.