Falling into a fountain just dampened this couple's romantic photo

Everybody wants the perfect photo, especially when they’re with their loved one.

But one couple’s attempt at a romantic snap has gone viral after it went spectacularly wrong.

Elaina Vecchio and boyfriend Nino posed on a fountain’s edge dressed up to the nines for a romantic photo.

But as Elaina balanced on her partner’s lap for the camera, the pair toppled backwards into the water.

Luckily, whoever was taking the photo caught the whole episode on camera – even filming them emerging dripping from the fountain.

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Elaina posted the pictures on Twitter with the caption: “when taking pictures with your bae goes wrong”, and they have since gone viral, being shared more than 74,000 times.

And after the event she tweeted to a friend that people had been staring at her and her boyfriend wondering why they were “drenched”, as well as some asking where she had got her dress from.