Interesting, the benches look like lay-z-boys from this angle :) I like the idea nad the color here, I think I would have focused on the petals on the ground rather than on the trees above. That might emphasize the "rain" idea better. Maybe a shallower DOF?
I like the extra wide DOF in this shot. You got good composition and color. I might have dodged the brightly lit portion of the sidewalk just a bit, but overall, a nice shot.
Beautiful shot, my only minor gripe is that with it being this tall, I have to scroll my screen up and down in order to see it all, so I miss out on being able to just sit back and look at it. This is especially difficult as the crop is vertical, so it really doesn't show the picture the way that it really should.