I stopped in at the park to practice bokeh but when it suddenly started pouring I sheltered in the gazebo and shot a few. I really wanted the empty, sodden, forlorn playground but there was no shelter in the right place for that.
Rotate, crop, selective desat, boost red a touch, cloned a stray weed. Adjustment layer> posterize. Flatten image, s resize, USM, save as jpg, save for web.
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I posterised because I know very little PS and just couldn't get it depressing enough any other way I tried :(
I did try it with the tree both in and out, couldn't decide, but I liked the big raindrop splashed in front of the tree, so decided to leave it. I just wasn't thrilled with the image overall, but didn't know how to get it how I wanted, and couldn't bear not to have that update button!
you must have hit on a good image, because you scored a 5.4 with some clear problems on PP. The immediate issue I noticed was the pixelation in the grays. The puddle reflection and above the bench as well. Ah, I see you did posterize. I'm not quite sure why (although I don't have a ton of experience with the effect).
The composition and subject give a nice desolation feel. At first I wanted to crop out the large tree or rock on the right, but I decided, in the end, that it works with it in.
Rain is a good means of suggesting romance or sadness. In this case, not bad. A piece of wet paper lying on the ground, crumpled or partly folded would have added to the visual language you were using.
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