As you all know its mainly rainy in every part of our places (mostly), So I was wondering if it is possible to photograph subjects (like a car in the rain, or a flower in the rain) and appears the rain on the photograph. I've not even tried, and I've searched for some tips over the internet, but they don't give a right explanation how to do it. So I'm asking here if does anyone knows something about how to photograph a subject in the rain.

something like this:



or this:

I wouldn't risk my dslr in the rain, but if I did I would probably try using a flash or at least a narrow dof to allow as fast a shutter speed as possible (and as high an ISO level as I dared). I think in the first shot you have a rain shower in direct sunlight which isn't very common? At least not here

hey guys! thanks for the tips!
I'll be protected and the camera will not suffer any water, ;)
because i'll be safe!
oh and the 1# is common here, but in a forest i'll not be able to take a pic of something like that haha.

One of the sillier camera purchases I made was what I can only describe as a condom for SLRs (thick heavy plastic thing, cost a bomb and dumb, because for the last 15 years I've been living in either Greece or Provence, two places not famous for rainfall). A much cheaper (but not so effective) solution is to use the shower caps available in hotels. With the exception of Pentax and some high-end cameras and lenses, most SLR systems *hate* rain.

Hmm!I'll try to do it! but I really would like to have a photo like the 2#. it really amazes me!

Instructions for multi-limbed deities / monsters from cheapo "Barbarian" films taking up photography under the rain:
1. Use cosmic force / two appendages on *right* side to grasp camera
2. Use dark side / appendages on *left* side to grasp umbrella
3. Use [deleted] or additional tentacles to open beer can
4. Camera adjustments can be made by remaining limbs and/or evil drone slave / apasmaric dwarf
5. Remember not to slime over the lens.

well like we say ''let it be just like God wants''
LOL

If God had been a photographer:
1. He wouldn't have used that shockingly vulgar orange-pink in sunsets
2. He would have got that whole perspective thing right
3. He would have banned blinking
4. He would have made Canon include lens hoods and bags with their non-L lenses (admittedly, this one may be beyond even His ability)

ahahah i agree with you!
but remember, god is always taking pictures when you see thunders! its the flash!
XD

i try too...

Ce que j'aime le plus de cette image, c'est la mine dégoûtée du monsieur à gauche. Pourtant, en Bretagne il devrait y être habitué...

ha! oui...il pleut souvent en bretagne, mais autrefois il y avait une petite pluie fine qu'on appelait le crachin et qui durait des jours voir des semaines!
on en a de moins en moins, changement climatique?, mais là il pleuvait vraiment des cordes )

Je te troque ton crachin contre mon mistral qui, lui, persiste malgré le réchauffement de la planète.

@Tomie: Any tip? did you make that shot (which is something like I'd like to take a picture of) normally? or did you make some settings apply first?

i don't remember the setting...is an old shot and found no data, but i know you don't need hight shutter speed, as i read above. i think around 1/30 1/50s is good, that's depending of the rain. The best is to do some attemts by yourself, of course loud rain is more easy to capture...

hmm, thanks a bunch tomie ^_^
and of course to all that helped me in this thread, now that I want to photograph the rain, it doesn't rain. oh well...

Tomie is right Ricky. The speed of raindrops has the formula : double diameter of the raindrop in mm = m/sec
4mm raindrop falls with 8m/sec = 28 km per hour which is not that fast as I had expected.
To make them visible like in your and Tomie´s example you need a low shutter speed
Rainy pics
If I only would know how to publish a pic I would have more examples

you can post a picture doing this:

unfortunately they are not published

@ Gerd: to include an image in a forum post, upload it to an old PB post (or a new one, but you'll get comments). Then view the post and right-click on the image you want to see its server details. Copy the URL of the image and then create / reply to a forum post using "Reply". At the appropriate position, click on the image icon on the right and replace the text between [img] with the paste of the image URL.

Thanks Stefan, the same way for Mac with original settings?

This is such a nice addition thanks!!!
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Thanks, Ricky and the other contributors, for giving me something else to think about. Living in parts of the world famous for not having much, rain has always eluded me and I've discovered it's a bastard to capture.

I thought I'd cunningly use an 8 ND filter and slow exposure and it's pissing down here for once. To make it more interesting, the fountain in the square nearest to my house is still working, bizarrely enough. No joy. This is the best I could come up with.



So, how do the rest of you capture rain (in-camera, not in post-processing)? I tried Tomie's and Gerd's settings. Maybe it's the wrong kind of rain falling here?

I'm waiting for the rain, no rain for now over here. so once it rains, I'll try it and share the result. But it is a really hard challenge, and I love challenges.
by the way Stefan, the result was not bad at all! It's a pity we can't see exactly the rain falling only the rain in the fountain. I'm afraid I'll get the same result when I try it. but let's see!

It is absolutely POURING here... maybe I will give some shots a try

@passerine: I'll have that in count when I try it! I'm excited and anxious to try it, but damn, where is the rain when we need it?

Is this what you want to get Ricky? This is from my old camera. It was pouring down in sheets!

Camera Canon Powershot Sd1000
Focal Length 17.4mm
Aperture f/4.9
Shutter Speed 1/10 sec
ISO 200

well here is my results.. crap i know, but well





http://www.photoblog.com/onlyricky/2010/12/07/

No Camera has been demaged thank god!LOL

thank for this useful thread ricky Ithink as mentioned above we need low shutter speed to show the rain drops Iwish here we had rain and Igive some try too, Ireally liked the idea McMummy how about your photos

I'd like to report Alice 830 and have them kicked of PB