Whoa ! Lots of thoughts here
RD, Ravi, Vikram, Sriharsha,Nilanjan, Ganesh, VMR ...many thanks for your thoughts and comments !
RD: Very armchair ! "Kaapi" and shooting right at home, what heaven !
Sriharsha: Well the image is mostly grey , even in colour. Hence decided on monotone.
Nilanjan: Spot on. The BG needs to be plain and dark for the raindrops to show up. Maybe I should do a few "bathroom shower" experiments in controlled state to figure out more of this
Ganesh: Vaseline ( whats that
!! ..not needed, it was quite a pour with a lot of wind too. Will try to tone down the BG and see. Doubt if there is enough to pull details out of the leaves.
Thanks all once again !