...so sue me...

but I didn't take a photo today. Instead I offer you this, a comparison if you will, of how yesterdays shot came in to being.
Once edited in LR, I simply added the rain and lightening in PicMonkey - the rest is done through the cunning use of BBQ skewers and cotton balls. Nothing exciting.

[Annie D]

thank you for sharing :) I am not into suing - so I shan't

[Brigette]

cleverness

[john morley]

Nice to know your creative process.

[Nicole Campbell]

Thank you for sharing creativity behind your image

[Walks @ 7]

Steps of brilliance.

[Helen Sanderson]

maybe not exciting to you...impressive to me.

[Nancy]

very cool..

[Liz Hammond]

Not exciting? It is very creative. Creativity is exciting. Thanks for sharing how you got there.

[Nova]

How wonderful of you to share your specail techniques with us. Thanks for the inspiration. :)

[Debbie]

Wow..... I never expected cotton wool. I take my hat off to your creativeness. Fabulous.

[Adi]

very cool thanks for sharing

[Sally Ings]

The lengths one will go to just to achieve the desired effect! Thanks for sharing one of your secrets.

[KWind]

Cool! Great to see the behind the scenes set up.

[Walks @ 7]

A great 'let us see how' thanks

[Graeme Stevens]

@joysabin @kwind @salza @adi314 @deborah63 @novab @lizhammond @nanderson @hrs @joysabin @nicolecampbell @jack4john @brigette @annied

Oh my god, I've just divulged the secret!!! What have I done?!?!?

[Katrina]

I think it will take the rest of us a bit more than cotton wool to pull off a 'Graeme' shot. But thanks for divulging!

[Graeme Stevens]

@katrinanz Thank you kindly :)

[Marnie]

Very clever squire, love the creative thinking behind it all.

[Jane Pittenger]

Never would have imagined. Not going to sue you this time

[Graeme Stevens]

@jgpittenger Damn...I was looking forward to the fight ;)
@golftragic Thank you kindly :)

[David]

You are too clever.. spending more time in front of a laptop and less behind a lens I'll leave to you!

[Graeme Stevens]

@yrhenwr My one hard and fast rule is that if an image takes more than half an hour to edit then it's not going to happen. This one took about 15 minutes.

[David]

@graemestevens 15 minutes! Life's too short to spend 15' on a single image! For me it could be as much as 90% of the remainder of my allotted span!

[Dianne]

Brilliant!

[Richard Sayer]

You deserve a Fav for your ingenuity... but why don't you just get Photoshop?

[Rachel]

I'm going to try this...one day when I'm not so busy.

[Graeme Stevens]

@888rachel It only took 15 minutes...
@vignouse I'm running out of excuses I think...
@dide Thank you very much :)

[Kas]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing. One day when I have any degree of proficiency I shall hope to be as creative.

[Graeme Stevens]

@wag864 Pfft...it's a doddle ;)