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

rain is about the relationship to nature. nature is beautiful :)

Terrific color!

Very good! On in an instant classic

Wow…absolutely amazing pics…

This is an amazing batch, I especially love the last one.

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

Wow…absolutely amazing pics…

Wow really nice collection…. thnx SM 4 this stunning list

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.

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

I like the one with the photographer standing in the lake most. It is an amazing example of photographic skills. On my own blog I recommend this rain photo: http://shun.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-19.html

Number 6 – its my Photo!

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

really awesome!!!

really awesome..simply superbbb

Sweet

Simply beautiful.

Very nice collection.
http://www.desigart.com.br
Thanks

I think I found my new desktop image :)

Wow, really great pictures. I have to try shooting in the rain, too!

They are beautiful but only a few actually had rain in them. I was hoping for more photographs involving rain and not just photographs of clouds and waterdrops. They are really beautiful though!

We are sick of rain here in UK but these pictures are very pretty!

Excellent pictures

Dreamer-Soul, it would be posible to have that nice piece of work you have made, in hi resolution?

Wonderful! Very, very, very beautiful!

very nice.. dreamy even. thx for the inspiration

Love the photos again!
Thanks for these!

really nice pics and also great end of the post with Smashing kiss.

Extremely shallow / useless article. C’mon SM, you guys always bring it? WTF is this?!

Wow. Those are all amazing. Such gorgeous shots!

Those pictures are so beautiful….

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

I could take better pictures than these ;-)

Well, maybe. If I could take pictures at all….

These are quite nice!

It is always a good idea to ask permission to post other people’s work before you go ahead and post them up somewhere else. I don’t mind my photo being up here, but considering it is a protected photo (protected by creative commons license), you have gone and copied the photo and hosted it on your own server. Where is the professionalism?? Do you not practice what you preach??

I appreciate the linkback, but some credit to go alongside my photo would also be nice. Please.

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 ).

Thumbs up for most of the images with the people in it. Thumbs down on the high saturation – high contrast – HDR images. In ten years that style is going to look like sequined bell bottoms to us.

Erich

Smashing staff: These are great photos, but it’s clear the photographers are upset that they haven’t been credited. Instead of saying ” you’ll do it in the future,” why not credit those whose work is in this post? Let it start here…

Since you’re typically on the ball with crediting designers, I’m a bit surprised about this one.

Here’s mine, shot fr Divide project, it’s quite different :

http://www.monsieurlam.com/portfolio/?photoset=72157603546843677&single=521254668

very inspiring.. thank you :)

Really beautiful photos.

My rain shots!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrnirjhar/1214816335/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrnirjhar/591236970/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrnirjhar/504677743/

have a look!

nice shot…a few photos are awesome…is it realy real picture without manipulated effect? or these pictures had remanipulated before showoff :D

Hi awesome photographs love what you have done, its a great inspiration for my own work

Nicee!!! I love this post absolutely beautiful photographs.

Dwayne.D.C.Tucker II
Nassau, Bahamas

beautiful! and inspiring.

hi this was great proffessional inspiring . tnx a lot .

wonderfoul

fantastic!

Outstanding!
I need the umbrella option to hang out in the rain w/camera.
Then there are the ones where color is added to a single object in a black & white image, very cool.

Hi webmaster!

Awesome collection.

when it ranis the angels are playing with water….
so fantastic!

This is quite an impressive collection.

Great way to start the day :)

Thanks.

Beautiful. Winter is also a great time to shoot.

Great photos, especially like the aireal one with the rainbow. Here is a 360 panorama of a thunderstorm over Perth from Rottnest Island in which Perth has vanished beneath the storm clouds. And another from Anna Bay in Western Australia.

your article uses “beautiful” in the article title, but the link uses “brilliant”.
nice one.

Beautiful pictures, really. Give credit where credit is due. These artists have worked hard to show us things we may never have seen if not for thier eye for the special times in life. Keep up the great examples of these artists work, and credit them when you show their work. I would think that if someone liked a photo enough to want a copy they could then continue on to the artist website and purchase the item. This site is giving them free advertising of their work, giving us all the chance to see and admire what they can do. I read some of these photos are for sale at another website. ‘Well there you go just add a link to the website where they can be purchased and everyone should be happy. I think there has been some great work done here so take advantge of the situation and work it out between all the involved parties. It would be a shame if this causes some work not to shown.

awesome pics..esp Dreamer Soul and Agnieszka Borkowska.

Greatest Hits Beautiful Pictures

Wow! You know, these really are amazing.. :o

Thats wat i call photography .. Stunning collection ..

wow kissing under the rain its very lovelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

omg these are sooo amazing!!! I WISH I HAD THESE SKILLS
i really like the one with the lady bug and the boy and girl kissing. it was romantic!!

the pics are amazing sooooooooooooo beautiful.
I Love rain

fabulous pictures Really i lov it……………………………….

huts i am mongolia haha huts

Dreamer-Soul

brilliant
\(^o^)/

Smp|yy Gorgeos piks!.

The peektuwes were absowutly pwecious

nice pictures,i liked maria souh pic thank u for this geniosity

Muy hermosas fotos , la emocion de la escena , estuvo muy vivida en esas fotos. El grado de luz en el diafragma justo y la ocasion perfecta , mis felicitaciones

amazing! great!!!

whavoooooooooooooooo very beutiful cooling seens i like each one.

Thanks for all your comments.
I want put some focus on plagiarism. We have and will be crediting all the photographer in the future. If there is any legal issue regarding copyright we can sort it out. We just want to help talented artists, designer and photographer to showcase their work around the world through Smashing Magazine. It is a good opportunity to expose your talent. So don`t forget that it does not harm you in any case or if it does please feel free to contact us. Also lot of handwork and time goes into preparing this kind of posts. We walk through every part of web to find the best and you must be knowing how big is the web. It takes us lot of time to compare and choose the best photo from thousands of photos.

Really beautiful and awesome!

Great !

Hugely inspiring… Maybe I’ll try something like this during these monsoons…

oOoOoOo … absolutely gorgoes !!!!!!

its awesome,, i mean its betond imagination,, cooollllll n eye soothing pix ,, i was feeling romantic while watching these marvoulous pixxxxx

It is a real fantastic photo collection and I really seen the natural wonder of the nature and true creativity of the artists.

gr8 —- last one pic is awesome

Wow, they’re indeed outstanding pictures…i really like all of them.great work-keep it up! any tips on rain photography would help me..
digitalpicturezone

Thanks for the great post. With our weather in Ottawa this summer we need this type of inspiration.

Thank you!

All of them great!!!!!! Most were even awe-inspiring! <3

I love the Muha photo

this is so biutiful and nice! tank you(: