neat idea... i just wish the debris was not present... how about if the shadow of the chair was centered between the boards... maybe the symmetry would be stronger... IMHO 6
Met the challenge, but not a very appealing image. Just seems a bit flat to me. You have captured a pretty good reflection, but I'm not sure it'll have enough appeal to the average viewer.
Interesting idea. I too tried a deck shot, but, alas, it just didn't look like rain (probably because it wasn't :) ).
I think if you had composed it so that the deck lines were running diagonally through the picture (more extremely than they are now), it would have been more interesting and dynamic. Also, the colors are kinda flat, maybe a conversion to sepia or bw would help.