35 Beautiful Examples Of Rain Photography

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Most photographers do not feel comfortable in taking photographs in bad weather. Yet bad weather sometimes presents the perfect opportunity to get most out of our skills. In particular, in the beginning of autumn rain can provide the perfect opportunity to capture wonderful photos.

Shooting in rain produces dramatic atmosphere and soft romantic scenes. Whether you are after lightning strikes or water drops, alone the incredible cloud formations can produce quite exciting and impressive photos. Reflections can occasionally produce mirrors or blurs of dancing colors, making the photography in rain beautiful and unpredictable.

Below we present over 35 beautiful examples of rain photography. This post is supposed to provide you with some inspiration for rainy motifs and is not supposed to be the ultimate collection of best photographs. There are definitely thousands of beautiful “rainy” photos &ndsash; feel free to share links to them in comments to this post!

All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their Flickr collections or their personal sites.

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Vailancio Rodrigues is a web ninja who bakes semantic muffins. Apart from that he is also interested in Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, Photography and knows little bit of Physics due to his college education . He is from Goa - a beautiful tropical paradise in India.

  1. 201

    Maikkhan

    July 28th, 2010 4:23 am

    nice and amazing i like it all pictures bu the kiss picture is my favourte

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    puku

    July 31st, 2010 8:40 am

    really fav pic n i cn fel to ? u cn fel there while u where u there

    -1
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    Hannah

    August 10th, 2010 8:37 pm

    Some of these photos are excellent. A few of them are pretty bad. I hate Photoshop, especially bad Photoshop. It is so cheesy! Before posting anyone’s material of any kind a web site should have his or her express permission. A watermark which prevents the photos from being ripped off should be included… This is copyable material, which is simple to steal. The web creator had no right to do this!

    +1
  4. 204

    nazbin alam

    August 13th, 2010 5:52 am

    realy nice image uff its catch a heart

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  5. 205

    vijaykiran

    August 22nd, 2010 4:53 am

    Xcellent photos

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    saf

    August 24th, 2010 3:15 pm

    keep going

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  7. 207

    v.meena(a)v.joearun

    September 7th, 2010 4:35 am

    wow wow such a lovely pictures they are nice to vision.it gives a nice relax ful feel to saw.

    i loved it enjoy every one pls

    -1
  8. 208

    elham

    September 10th, 2010 11:59 am

    these picturs are realy exellent.i enjoy watching them.GOOD LUCK

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  9. 209

    chithra priya

    September 30th, 2010 2:12 am

    amazing pictures

    +1
  10. 210

    sundari

    October 9th, 2010 5:26 pm

    I LIKE 2 WET IN RAIN…………………

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  11. 211

    Sami

    October 18th, 2010 5:16 am

    absolutely beautiful! i love rain…

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  12. 212

    sammia

    October 23rd, 2010 7:37 pm

    i like this pis

    +1
  13. 213

    jordan

    November 6th, 2010 5:31 pm

    not what i was looking 4 but i think it was cool and pretty

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    Jesse Mcartney's Wife.

    November 9th, 2010 3:48 pm

    loveliest pictures, ever.
    this is so amazing.

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    shriya

    November 10th, 2010 2:20 am

    amazing :-)

    -1
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    shriya

    November 10th, 2010 2:23 am

    amazing……………. :-)

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      Omid kaihan

      February 5th, 2012 7:31 am

      its really amazing so nice photo i would be so happy if u have me with your group

      with best Regards

      OMID KAIHAN & Ghurzang jaan my best friend really like this

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    Afzaal Ahmed

    November 10th, 2010 8:48 am

    Be like rain which is not for riches only but also for poor.No one can away it from poors except almighty God,always shower yourself like rain upon others it means when you meet any one he must feel freshness,he must enjoy nature,he must give his smile to you.Best Wishes for Reader.GOOD BYE!Afzaal Ahmed (MBA life sciences)Pattoki (Pakistan)

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    shravan

    December 13th, 2010 1:31 am

    suppppppppppppper

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    andri

    December 25th, 2010 10:21 am

    These are just incredible. nice !

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  20. 221

    mehdi

    December 26th, 2010 7:16 pm

    this is perfect,just fantastic,congratulations

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  21. 222

    siju

    January 9th, 2011 12:57 pm

    Its amazing and wonderfull collection .I like the photographer in the lake

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  22. 223

    rian

    February 2nd, 2011 12:56 am

    maybe samiliar with this photograpyreview.blogspot.com/2011/01/digital-photography-in-rain.html
    very nice tutorial

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  23. 224

    MAHMOOD

    February 14th, 2011 2:58 am

    PLEASE SEND PHOTO BEAUTIFUL TO MY EMAIL
    THANK YOU

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  24. 225

    Lile

    March 7th, 2011 3:40 pm

    Yes , Rain inspires Human a lot. It releaves your lusty mind , and give it a natural threaphy. Me and my special someone , got drenched in the monsoon’s first rain , that was an awesome ,relaxing day..And I marked my life’s most beautiful day that one.. You gave my rememberance a wing with these phtos, thanks for making alive my golden days :) :)

    -1
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    Vishwas

    March 10th, 2011 10:25 pm

    Really Nice Photos Thanks.

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  26. 227

    Dixon bright

    March 23rd, 2011 9:50 pm

    Wow!! Really Superb!!!!!

    -1
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    Dxn_gud

    March 23rd, 2011 9:51 pm

    nice

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  28. 229

    anusha

    April 24th, 2011 11:25 pm

    Rain Photography.

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  29. 230

    sushma

    April 28th, 2011 12:28 am

    Its difficult to decide which one is the best…simply superb…very good collection!!!

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  30. 231

    Rahy Bhuiyan

    May 8th, 2011 9:59 am

    100% nice photos,,,,,,,……………….
    i like these photos………….

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  31. 232

    Shelbin Varghese

    May 23rd, 2011 2:16 am

    thak you so much for giving a feast for my eyes…

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  32. 233

    girish kumar

    May 23rd, 2011 7:40 pm

    it’s beautiful collection, start to feel about the rainy season with some nostalgic moments

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  33. 234

    Lori

    May 28th, 2011 8:13 pm

    Love them! They look amazing :)

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  34. 235

    zubair

    June 2nd, 2011 12:03 am

    all r awesome sight

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  35. 236

    Tom

    June 2nd, 2011 5:53 pm

    Brilliant and inspiring

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  36. 237

    taslim

    June 15th, 2011 10:59 pm

    really cool pics….. i just lov it……..

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  37. 238

    saber khodakarami

    June 21st, 2011 1:40 am

    fantastic

    +1
  38. 239

    sreelekha

    June 23rd, 2011 5:23 am

    awesome……………… really nice. i wanna take this kind of pics

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    chaitra

    June 25th, 2011 3:22 am

    wow!nice pics

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    prashant trivedi

    June 30th, 2011 2:11 am

    wow……too beautiful pics.

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  41. 242

    Api

    July 1st, 2011 6:57 pm

    It’s a brilliant photography. There are a real combination between nature and rain. All of those are really pretty!!!

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  42. 243

    Malika

    July 7th, 2011 11:48 pm

    Wow….very nice…….
    just beautiful………

    +1
  43. 244

    rafia

    July 9th, 2011 3:53 am

    great photography……… nice collection

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  44. 245

    sana

    July 21st, 2011 10:23 am

    these are soooooooooo beautiful pix i love these pix sooooo much its tooooooooo goooood wel done

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    NITIN

    July 23rd, 2011 7:10 am

    Nice Photos

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    NITIN

    July 23rd, 2011 7:10 am

    Nice Photos
    Best Photography ….

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  47. 248

    mahum

    July 25th, 2011 12:14 pm

    AMAZING Rain Photography

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    firoz

    July 28th, 2011 2:56 am

    wow….!! very nice

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    alimughal

    August 11th, 2011 2:36 am

    very biutifull pic i love rain

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    kiana (کیانا آریامنش)

    August 13th, 2011 1:45 am

    hi.!.!.!.!.!…
    the rain is vvvveryyyyyy ….nice .
    wow…but , who can count all the rain drops ????
    please give me answer.!.?.(.)…
    your collection is really goooooooooood…..
    …..ttaannkk yyoouu…..
    ……. …….. …….. …….. ………
    please do not forget GOD……..

    +39
  51. 252

    sanjeev kumar

    August 19th, 2011 5:32 am

    d collection is very nice ….. all pics r heart touching …. great

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    s.m.arshad

    August 25th, 2011 6:08 am

    greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.

    +1
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    s.m.arshad

    August 25th, 2011 6:10 am

    all pic great.

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  54. 255

    natalie

    August 28th, 2011 5:51 pm

    Ahh.. Heart-warming photos. Drives me to a calm mind.

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  55. 256

    resham

    September 4th, 2011 9:54 pm

    all pics fantabulous

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  56. 257

    shabeer perumbavoor

    September 6th, 2011 11:21 pm

    great picturs all….

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  57. 258

    ravi

    September 7th, 2011 11:29 pm

    all beautiful

    -1
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    sandy

    September 11th, 2011 2:38 am

    all images r veryy niceeeeeeeeeee……………………

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  59. 260

    n s r satry

    September 12th, 2011 8:18 am

    extraordinary , very fine

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  60. 261

    Tamerat

    September 15th, 2011 5:43 am

    Dear Sirs

    I loved all the pictures and admired the photographers.
    “Loved it all”.

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  61. 262

    afrina

    September 17th, 2011 11:33 am

    beautiful images

    -1
  62. 263

    diwa

    September 18th, 2011 10:48 am

    i love tis all. kissing in rain shows a true love with rain

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  63. 264

    snehal

    September 20th, 2011 11:20 pm

    i love all pic

    +1
  64. 265

    kalyan Yn

    September 23rd, 2011 1:52 am

    Superb..!!

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    k.s.a

    September 23rd, 2011 2:05 am

    great
    so good

    -1
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      waqas

      September 29th, 2011 8:17 pm

      owsome pics i like this pics

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  66. 268

    majid

    October 3rd, 2011 10:02 am

    all pics is very dreamy and vocation

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  67. 269

    abdullah khan

    October 6th, 2011 10:11 pm

    rainy kissing is so sweet

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  68. 270

    arjay alejo

    October 7th, 2011 4:32 pm

    ganda naman po bg mga pictures sino po nag shoot nun hehe amazing

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    m razak kalpakancheri

    October 11th, 2011 5:55 am

    it is given me sweet memorys

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    kamalbansal

    October 16th, 2011 3:01 am

    I like these all pics because all the pics are very beatiful

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  71. 273

    tahmina lima

    October 16th, 2011 7:13 am

    i miss all the pictures.really these are extra nice of excellent…….

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  72. 274

    Afroz Ahmed

    October 17th, 2011 9:39 am

    Lovely pics but not have comment.

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  73. 275

    durga lakshmi

    October 19th, 2011 11:25 pm

    all picture veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy nice . i like sooooooooooo much . good job .

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  74. 276

    ashwini

    October 20th, 2011 12:50 am

    wow..!! awesome pics..!! I love this all..!

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    sapna goswami

    October 20th, 2011 7:35 am

    i love rain & rain picture is most lovely

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    vicky

    October 28th, 2011 3:27 am

    This picture are so nice

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    dolly

    November 5th, 2011 4:33 pm

    all pics are very soothing to the veins, nka2touch.

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    kk

    November 9th, 2011 12:01 am

    i love rain 2 much with coffee and grldfrnd

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    sidra

    December 11th, 2011 7:23 am

    really very nice

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    sweeto

    December 22nd, 2011 4:19 am

    these are best and sweet pics :-) but someone pics are watch these are not good such as last pics are not availabe

    +1

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    kiana (کیانا آریامنش)

    August 13th, 2011 1:45 am

    hi.!.!.!.!.!…
    the rain is vvvveryyyyyy ….nice .
    wow…but , who can count all the rain drops ????
    please give me answer.!.?.(.)…
    your collection is really goooooooooood…..
    …..ttaannkk yyoouu…..
    ……. …….. …….. …….. ………
    please do not forget GOD……..

    +39
  2. 2

    Abdel Faiz

    September 7th, 2008 5:08 pm

    stunning collection ^^

    +3
  3. 3

    BrokenReal

    September 7th, 2008 4:04 pm

    Absolutely Beautiful, Nothing relaxes and calms me like a rainstorm.

    +3
  4. 4

    Soumya

    September 8th, 2008 6:46 pm

    3rd from the last is my photo, taken from my flickr album. The author didn’t ask for my permission before posting it here.

    +2
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    Gill (www.gillandco.com)

    September 7th, 2008 11:10 pm

    Man oh Man – what a way to wake up on a Monday! Lovely theme – fantastic pictures. Another photographer who is very comfortable in the skin is Steve McCurry – His monsoon collection is to die for.

    Keep on Keepin!

    Gill.

    +2
  6. 6

    Vasili

    September 7th, 2008 5:22 pm

    Woah, those are amazing! The last one makes you go aww.

    +2
  7. 7

    Jylan Wynne

    September 7th, 2008 4:08 pm

    Hey they’re beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them. I love the macro ones best, everything is just a different world up close.

    +2
  8. 8

    marisa

    September 21st, 2008 3:45 am

    it’s Tim Heraud, not Tim Hearud.

    +2
  9. 9

    Ben Jacob

    September 7th, 2008 9:22 pm

    Woow.. Its raining !

    Now I remember an Indian photographer ‘Victor George’. Who killed by rain while shooting an accident

    +2
  10. 10

    Muhammad Shahid Akram

    September 7th, 2008 8:54 pm

    i love them all, totally mind blowing collection

    +2
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    inba

    December 2nd, 2009 5:15 am

    i like you

    +2
  12. 12

    saber khodakarami

    June 21st, 2011 1:40 am

    fantastic

    +1
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    Soumya

    September 8th, 2008 6:44 pm

    3rd from the last is my photo. the author didn’t take permission before posting it here.

    +1
  14. 14

    Easily Amused

    September 8th, 2008 8:25 pm

    Maybe we should ask everyone if we could post stuff before it goes on Digg, too.

    +1
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    séverine cousot

    September 8th, 2008 2:24 pm

    hey !! you use one of my pictures without permission. It is a violation of the copiright. You steal my picture, you are fucking thieves.

    +1
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    gggg

    September 8th, 2008 4:37 am

    cheap sentimental bullshit photography – yawn.

    +1
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    Dreamer-Soul

    September 8th, 2008 12:56 am

    Number 6 – its my Photo!

    You should ask my permission to addition of my photo ….

    +1
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    codeNinja

    September 8th, 2008 1:19 am
    +1
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    Nico

    September 8th, 2008 12:07 am

    great collection!
    images are blissful and wretched at the same time.

    +1
  20. 20

    Pratik

    September 8th, 2008 12:13 am

    Beautiful! :)

    The photographer in the lake is the best one for me!

    +1
  21. 21

    Benedikt

    September 7th, 2008 11:44 pm

    Great photos!

    +1
  22. 22

    Lance

    September 7th, 2008 11:45 pm

    Very nice collection. This is my rain favorite: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quizz/2100018787/

    +1
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    Philip P.

    September 7th, 2008 11:05 pm

    An excellent collection of photos! I really love the last one as well – such an amazing scene. (I’m also a particular fan of 6, 13, 19, and 22. ^^)

    However, I have to ask – why did a photo of the Aurora Borealis make it into “Rain Photography”? (The ground is wet, sure. But I’m guessing that’s more to do with the fact that it looks like tide pools!)

    All around though, a really inspirational photo set! Thanks for sharing these with us!

    +1
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    nzdesignagirl

    September 7th, 2008 8:54 pm

    beautiful shots! i loved the last one too – the one with the rain bucketing out of the sky into the ocean in just one part was pretty impressive too – and the reflection in the puddle,all were pretty amazing

    +1
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    K.K.Shankar

    September 7th, 2008 7:35 pm

    Classic Collection. Black & White images are making more impressions

    +1
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    Lipton of Starfeeder

    September 7th, 2008 7:27 pm

    Wow is all I can say… beautiful and inspiring

    +1
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    ArtHack

    September 7th, 2008 6:11 pm

    Very good! On in an instant classic

    +1
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    cathode

    September 8th, 2008 2:06 am

    Nice collection of stolen images. No attempt to credit the original photogs. Wanker.

    +1
  29. 29

    Paul Gibbons

    September 8th, 2008 11:00 pm

    My photograph Blue Rain has been used without my permission, this image is subject to my copyright. I am still waiting for a reply to my e-mail requesting royalties or the image removed. The link to pixdaus who stole the image have now removed it. All my photographs are for sale in my Redbubble portfolio, user name Paul Gibbons (spottydog06 ).

    +1
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    Justin (www.DotNetMushroom.com)

    September 8th, 2008 11:20 pm

    An amazing collection indeed. However, after reading some of the posts here about how some of the photographers’ work has been used without permission it kind of raised a bit my eyebrows. Whilst smashing magazine is showing us a collection of some of the best work, it is unfair on the artists / photographers that they are not credited for their work. I can only imagine the hours it takes and the amount of photos one has to take before coming up with one of the photos in this collection. So my advice is – Smashing Magazine: thanks for the photos and the superb collections but please credit the photographers, Photographers / Artists: Continue to inspire us and keep up the good work !

    DotNetMushroom

    +1

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