The magic is in the details

Muddy, wet shoes, pants that got wet and muddy up to the knees and rain-smudged mascara are a small price to pay for the raindrop pictures I took yesterday. I didn't wait until the rain had stopped - good that I didn't because it lasted for hours and hours - but went out, armed with umbrella and camera+macro lens. This lens is amazing, really worth the (admittedly enormous) price.

Here a few examples: