Years ago, one newspaper shooter won an award for a shot out his windshield of a stop sign seen through rain drops. For the next six months, every one of us tried to do the same thing.

And more than a decade later, some of us are still failing at it … shot a few moments ago in the parking lot outside of a coffee house …

Canon PowerShot G10, 6.1 mm, ISO 80, 1/250, f/2.8