great shot, but to me it looks more like after the storm.

I agree with friiskiwi but then I'm biased having had a shot removed because it wasn't actually snowing at the moment of the shot. (I don't disagree with the mod for doing this as long as there is consistency)

it's a good shot, but I would crop a lot of the sky out.

hope the camera stayed dry!

Thank you friiskiwi, I'll try and see, hope it wouldn't look cut-handicapped
itsmymoment, Yes, camera survived.

Camera survived but author spent 3 days in hospital with pneumonia for walking barefoot in the rain. I like the idea of cropping the sky as you can see the rain against the trees. Might make it more interesting.

Gigi, no I didn't catch pneumonia. In May it isn't cold enough for that. Even I literally swam home. Thank you for your comment.

I like the edited version even more. I think having less sky adds to the effect. Gives it a bit of a gloominess and the rain works well against the trees. Thanks for considering the change.

if this is heavy rain, then you'd be blown away by the rain we get sometimes when it is raining sideways.

Much better, glad I held my vote.

Thank you guys for comments and advise
k5683 Thankfully it was rain without wind, you can see that it pouring strait down. But it was very heavy and wet. Lack of water on the road because it was just beginning.

great panning

very cool...gl

cool

Yikes! Awesome shot.. I'm too paranoid to venture out with my camera in a thunderstorm to get shots like these lol

very cool...gl