In Amateur Photographer dated 30 April 2016 we ask - Do you ever go out in the rain with the express purpose of taking photos?

shooting-in-the-rain by Callum Mcinerney-riley

Birds in the rain on the end of a fishing rod – Photo by Callum McInerney-Riley

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