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I haven't really done much for critiques here, I'm not really much of an artist at all, and I haven't really been involved with MLP as much as I used to (minus fan art and such), but I can't believe that a beautiful piece like this hasn't even gotten any critiques for it, so I'd figure I'd give one. I already commented on this before, but I will post much better thoughts here.Vision and technique wise, this is stunning, the coloring and shading are excellently done, and the rain effect is excellent and it feels like it's raining and all wet to the eyes, it definitely conveys a mood of sadness to the picture whilst looking realistic at the same time. Even the details of the little splashes of the drops hitting the pavement are superbly detailed.But the thing that sells this the most though, is poor Celestia herself. I can actually feel the sadness, pain and regret looking at her face, even I feel like I'm going to cry seeing her expression. If she were a real character and I actually saw something like this happen in real life, I'd give her a hug if I could, I myself have had a similar situation as her, although the outcome has been much, much worse.But either way, this picture is truly one of the most beautiful I've seen for Celestia (one of my favorite characters) and on Deviantart, I'm impressed by how amazing this is.