Faking rain

williamtheis said:

Hollywood uses milk (yes, milk) in the movies to make rain visible!

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We didn't use milk when shooting the final battle scenes of the matrix. We made it rain with water heaps and heaps of water.[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7li9SG7zebU&feature=fvw[/YOUTUBE]

Whether or not anyone here would scratch their negatives you're discussing a photo that's 100 years old nad it wasn't uncommon for the photographer to do that.