I don't know if the photographer has seen any of the "water drop inversion" shots, but this would have been great for that trick. As it is presented, I'm torn. Would it look better with the cat in focus? The water would still be there so the challenge would have been met.
For the absence of one failing drop of rain this is a slightly unbelievable image - but then again, the rain shower had just passed, I suppose. It's an outstanding idea and well photographed image. 8.
I think there's an art to making something just focused enough so that we can recognize it, but no more. You accomplish that here, and it well fits the mood of rain. 8
I like the style of this image, in its basic form at least; You could have nad more luck/taken more care dpeneding on the situation with the patterns of raindrops relative to the cat, and you might have usefuly used a greater depth of field - cat is just a touch too out of focus for real impact, to my eye.
In thumbnail this looked like a 10. Now I see it larger the cat is a little too blurred for my liking and the border does not work. Still a 7 though and the eyes in the cat come through the water nicely