Chasing Rain
(Edited)
At first, it all looked promising. Turns out it wasn’t for me.
It started on a typical summer day. I waited for the familiar grey blanket to settle over the sky — not exactly a rarity in these parts, more like an endless resource — and drove out into the open fields near a quiet village. Left the car on the roadside and walked into the grass.
You could see the clouds stretch from edge to edge.
The sky looked almost too neat: soft, dense texture, like someone had carefully tucked the horizon under a thick cotton cover.
I stood there in the open field and watched it slowly tear apart. The clouds drifted and broke into ragged, heavy shapes — the kind that promise rain any minute. It felt like everything was finally lining up.
Except the rain was already happening — just elsewhere. On the horizon, above a dark strip of forest, I could clearly see it: slanted streaks, a proper curtain of water falling from the sky. It just refused to come any closer.
After half an hour of watching it stay out of reach, I moved — toward it, or at least what I thought was toward it.
Didn’t help.
Didn’t help.
Eventually, I gave up and headed back to the car with that familiar feeling that nature had outplayed me again. I was just inside when — almost on cue — the first timid drops hit the windshield.
The sky above the village quickly darkened.
The sky above the village quickly darkened.
But I was already too tired to step out again. So I never really saw the rain itself. I just got the shot: drops on the glass, the silhouette of the village behind them.
I suppose the chase worked out. Just not in the way I expected.
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Nice dramatic post editing 👍🏻
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These clouds look delicious 🤣
And I agree with what @friendlymoose wrote.
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