The raindrops are coming alive, through my hand. I got tired of normal raindrops photos. Enjoy.

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Raindrops falling off my hand, with the high-contrast black and white effect I love. It’s my hand; I held it up so the rain water would run off it, managing the camera with the other hand (as I’m so good at). Since the sun was behind my, it made my hand a black silhouette. These droplets represent life, because hands and the human touch is the essence of life.

Canon Rebel XTi, EFS 18-55mm, 1/3200, F3.5, 18mm, ISO1600, 2007-08-31T15:47:26-04, 2007-08-31_19h47m26

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Source image, compiled from the Canon Rebel XTi RAW file using the default settings in PhotoFiltre Studio.