even i managed to make something

Although not sure how to blend the edge of the ripple boundary yet
edit// original image:
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Took me about 5 mins to make it ripple and rain
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Wed 5 Mar 2008, 16:53,
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Although not sure how to blend the edge of the ripple boundary yet
edit// original image:
images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://nd.water.usgs.gov/images/water.jpg&imgrefurl=http://nd.water.usgs.gov/&h=1500&w=2100&sz=207&hl=en&start=5&tbnid=7CDX2Tl-vD-_uM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwater%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DG
Took me about 5 mins to make it ripple and rain