We had quite a bit of light rain through the day (my plants and the grass are ever so thankful), so I put my umbrella out hoping to capture some rain drops splashing onto it. However, it wasn't really 'raining', more of a light drizzle really. So after taking heaps of photos of my umbrella from different angles and perspectives, I didn't particularly like any of them.
What I really wanted was someone (that would be Steve) standing in the rain holding an umbrella with the light behind him - a silhouette type effect. That meant I had to wait until it was dark enough to set the shot up. Thankfully it was still drizzling by the time it was dark. We didn't have any spotlights that I could put out into the rain, so we ended up using the spotlight that sits up high on the garage and shines outwards towards the shed. I also didn't have a lot of time to stand taking photos as even thought it wasn't heavy rain, I didn't want my camera to get too wet.
The shot isn't as sharp as I would have liked, but I don't think it matters too much. I've played around with it in Lightroom to give it a more textured and dark, grungy feel. In the original photo the bits and pieces of stuff that live in a garage could be seen, but I've managed to darken them so that the focus is on the umbrella, the rain and Steve's outline. I like the streaks of rain coming down. Yeah, overall, happy with how this one turned out.