50 Funny Times The Background Of Photos Was Better Than The Foreground (New Pics)

When we compose our pics, it's usually the foreground that gets the most attention. After all, it's often where the main action is. But sometimes the background totally steals the show!

Whether it's an animal doing something unexpected or a total stranger intentionally photobombing, the possibilities are virtually endless.

So to remind you to pay attention to every pixel within a frame, we at Bored Panda compiled this exclusive list of some of the funniest backgrounds in photos ever. Continue scrolling to enjoy the images and fire up our earlier piece for more of the same.

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Best. Photobomb. Ever

Final score:

672points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

When your ex turns up at your wedding in a wedding dress….

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In Honor Of The Royal Wedding, I Present My Friend Derek Getting Photobombed By Prince Harry While Working The Invictus Games Last Year

Final score:

667points

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Princess Procrastination 3 years ago

That’s pretty cool!

132points

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This Is Perhaps The Best Photo Ever Taken In Rio

Final score:

660points

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D K 3 years ago

JESUS CHRIST

229points

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And The Award For The Best Lifeguard Goes To

Final score:

660points

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Paul Mckay 3 years ago

Forget George, it looks like she's on the forest moon of Endor, judging by the Deathstar shield generator on the ridge. (Return of the Jedi)

82points

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My Mom's Visiting Me In Anchorage And We Got Photobombed In The Best Way

Final score:

654points

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Maria Schneider 3 years ago

Lovely 😃

81points

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Best Photobomb At My Cousin's Bachelorette Party

Final score:

642points

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Prilsy 3 years ago

They deserve it, clearly

78points

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Came Across The Greatest Photobomb Ever

Final score:

634points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

My favourite 😍

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Best Wedding Crasher Ever! Thanks For Being So Awesome

Final score:

629points

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OpalTheRainwing 3 years ago

That’s cool!

108points

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Photobomb Level: Adorable

Final score:

599points

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Vicky Zar 3 years ago

That Baby would be adorable anywhere, but that tail.... omg

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#10

Photobombed By A Dolphin

Final score:

598points

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Lorraine Geater 3 years ago

Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#11

Expert Level Photobomb

Final score:

598points

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Phoebe Bean 3 years ago

1. "Hey! What´s going on??" 2. "Are you taking HIS picture and not mine?" 3. "That´s not cool, dude!" 4. "So....Photobomb!!!"

117points

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#12

Making Friends With Some Locals In Morocco A Few Weeks Ago. The Guy In The Back Liked To Photobomb Every Pic And I Wasn’t Complaining

Final score:

583points

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Young Minami Kotaro 3 years ago

WHAT?!

48points

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#13

My Daughter Is A Pro At Photo Bombing

Final score:

580points

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James016 3 years ago

That's god level photobombing right there.

188points

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#14

This Is My Mother (On The Left) And Her Friends At A Concert And It Appears That They Time Traveled And Photobombed Themselves

Final score:

579points

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Lydia Dean-Melchior 3 years ago

How great is that picture?

150points

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#15

Went To Take A Picture Of My Girlfriend At Brunch When Suddenly

Final score:

571points

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D K 3 years ago

BAHAHAHA

114points

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#16

While Taking Wedding Photos In The Park, We Were Visited By A Friendly Family Of Trash Pandas! They Checked Us Out For A Few Minutes, Then Went On Their Way

Final score:

561points

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River Webb 3 years ago

they are giving their blessings

138points

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#17

"Man" Bun

Final score:

561points

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~hUmMuS vIbEs~ 3 years ago

BAHAHAHA

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#18

Zombie Horse Photobomb

Final score:

526points

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Bear Hall 3 years ago

"They are the twenty third couple today. The twenty third! I'm genuinely feeling sick from all this cheesy romance going on around here."

132points

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#19

When You Take A Picture While Riding And A Local Dude Is Photobombing You

Final score:

515points

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Karin Jansen 3 years ago

I'm a simple person, I see the Netherlands, I upvote.

173points

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#20

This Family That Photobombed Us

Final score:

508points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

Even the baby!

245points

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#21

Dwayne Wade Accidentally Photobombing A Proposal

Final score:

503points

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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Aww, he looks so touched!

148points

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#22

The Weatherman Had A Dog On A Small Dog Couch In A Background

Final score:

503points

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ruthie 3 years ago

That's my weatherman lol. In Dallas tx. ...... he's not actually mine but yall know what I mean

181points

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#23

The Boy Behind Is A Whole Mood

Final score:

496points

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Raven Sheridan 3 years ago

This kid is going places.

127points

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#24

Cats Cannot Let Dogs Live In Peace

Final score:

495points

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Bear Hall 3 years ago

"I must elevate their pictures. Now it's purr-fect."

105points

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#25

Cute Witness

Final score:

482points

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JuJu 3 years ago

Cute kilt

81points

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#26

A True Photobomb

Final score:

477points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

Wow, right there in the water.

140points

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#27

Photobombed My Brother's Wedding Photos

I'm the guy chasing the chicken

da_purp_rolla Report

Final score:

467points

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Delta the hybrid 3 years ago

Oh, phew, I thought you were the chicken

236points

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#28

The Best Photobomb

Final score:

442points

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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

🎵 You're going to make it after all! 🎵

96points

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#29

Greek Photobomb

Final score:

429points

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Serial pacifist 3 years ago

More like two bombs and a dynamite stick.

257points

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#30

My Wife And I Photobombed By A Giraffe

Final score:

407points

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Jigsaw's Puzzle 3 years ago

"U guys takin' a photo or somethin'?"

87points

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#31

Photo Bomb

Final score:

405points

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Phoebe Bean 3 years ago

That´s a cute one!

58points

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#32

The Jealousy Is Real

Final score:

403points

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Phoebe Bean 3 years ago

Very.

69points

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Mini Donkey Photobomb

Final score:

400points

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Bear Hall 3 years ago

Unrequited Love :(((

39points

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#34

This Couple Wanted Dust In The Air For Their Wedding Photos, The Best Man Made It Happen... And Then Some

Final score:

384points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

Thunder stolen. Hope he didn’t break his leg.

102points

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#35

My Parents Met A Friendly Stingray On Vacation

Final score:

384points

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DaVo 3 years ago

Somebody is obviously holding the ray up. Out of the water. So it's suffocating. For shitty tourists' photo op.

226points

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#36

Perfect Photobomb

Final score:

381points

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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Not a good time to lose one's head!

63points

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#37

One Is Never Too Old To Photobomb A Bikini Shot

Final score:

376points

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Young Minami Kotaro 3 years ago

It's photobomb??

53points

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#38

I Tried To Subtly Crash A Prom

Final score:

371points

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Delta the hybrid 3 years ago

I aspire to reach this level of ''I don't give a f*ck''

200points

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#39

Raising The Bar On Pigtail Fashion

Final score:

366points

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jpaul 3 years ago

took me a while ^^

43points

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#40

Epic Photobomb

Final score:

365points

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Rei 3 years ago

That's so super creepy you could sell it as a ghost busters picture.

21points

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Took A Pic Of My "Hidden" UPS Package And My Cat Decided To Bomb The Photo

Final score:

353points

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~hUmMuS vIbEs~ 3 years ago

It was all the cats doing!

66points

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#42

Got This Gem

Final score:

329points

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James016 3 years ago

The Great Cornholio exists!!!

147points

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#43

The Face When You Notice Them Trying To Hide

Final score:

328points

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Rod Egret 3 years ago

I absolutely hate it when people take pictures in crowded or busy places and expect everyone to stop.

152points

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#44

Nova Was Curious As To Why I Went Outside Without Her, So She Photobombed

Final score:

314points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

So cute!

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#45

My Friend Took This Picture Of His Son At The Mall. Noted Kid In Background

No one (parent or attendant) was paying attention to the fact that he wanted out of the bouncy ride. I think we all feel like this some days

juniormars Report

Final score:

311points

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JennyLaRue 3 years ago

Ah the old 'pretend I took a photo of the person in front of me, to capture the scene in the back' trick!

124points

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#46

Best Photobomb All Year

Final score:

297points

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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

It’s weird because it looks like a tiny head in the foreground.

93points

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#47

This Happy Fish Photobombing Me

Final score:

293points

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Shieshie Sweetie Kiss 3 years ago

You're the one photobombing the fish!

147points

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Got Married Last Week. My Favorite Picture From The Night Got Photobombed By My Buddy

Final score:

289points

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JuJu 3 years ago

It's a great picture, full of good vibes.

79points

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#49

Reminder To Always Check Your Background When Taking Pictures

Final score:

288points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

But if you check you won't have this great picture

62points

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#50

That Time Drake Photobombed My Family's Photograph

Final score:

283points

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D K 3 years ago

They never called him on his cellphone.

89points

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Note: this post originally had 145 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.

What do you think ?

Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 3 years ago

New thing on my bucket list: photo bomb someone

Floofy Samoyed 3 years ago

Ditto

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Kusotare 3 years ago

I photobombed a group picture back before it was a thing. The group was comprised of about 30 people, all of the same ethnic group. I was walking behind them, and I happen to be of the same ethnic group, so I stepped up and got in their photo. Now, 23 years later, I often think of people looking at the photo, pointing to me and wondering, "Who was THAT guy?"

13points

Susan Trevaskis-Owen 3 years ago

Kusotare, I just read your comment after posting mine. Sounds like you & my dad would have gotten along swimmingly :-)

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

Be nice people! Be funny, be silly, join the group in a group shot ---- but do not add an offensive gesture. Respect others. Consider joining a family picture, then saying something like, "Hey, did you get me in the shot?" So the picture can be taken again. When I take photographs of others, including strangers, I take several pictures -- sometimes, depending on the group, with different instructions - smile, say (funny in the moment word), stand on one leg to show who has good balance, hands on your hips, then try to get the honest laughter that follows. They end up with several staged shots and a bunch of, hopefully, funny pictures. Of course rude, demanding Karens get one photo.

8points

Violet Smith 3 years ago

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My husband & I got married in Las Vegas. Shortly before our ceremony was scheduled, my dad went into the chapel to see if it was ready for us yet and managed to get in someone else's wedding photos. I like to imagine that now, 20+ years later, the family has conversations like, "Who's that guy?" "Oh, that's Uncle Russ, you remember old Uncle Russ don't you?" "Oh, right, Uncle Russ, of course..."

2points

Did your dad get an earful from your mom about how childish that was? I did! (From my wife, not your mom...)

1point

Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago

I noticed this in a picture I took recently. It was at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado - I decided to climb around some of the rock formations, and took a picture from some ways up... and noticed later that two people were also taking a picture in the background.

Dwight k schrute. 3 years ago

I didn't want this to end

Marika Miettinen 3 years ago

I have this one pic that I took before a Rammstein concert years ago, and the girl in the background was making the same face as I was and she was looking directly into my camera. She laughed so hard when I showed her the pic and pointed out that we both did the same face :D

Faith Hurst 3 years ago

Photobombing, a term that was invented when people learned they were not alone when they were in public.

Marnie 3 years ago

He, he :-D

Holly Allen 3 years ago

How do dogs know when we're taking pictures???

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50 Funny Times The Background Of Photos Was Better Than The Foreground (New Pics)

Best. Photobomb. Ever

In Honor Of The Royal Wedding, I Present My Friend Derek Getting Photobombed By Prince Harry While Working The Invictus Games Last Year

This Is Perhaps The Best Photo Ever Taken In Rio

And The Award For The Best Lifeguard Goes To

My Mom's Visiting Me In Anchorage And We Got Photobombed In The Best Way

Best Photobomb At My Cousin's Bachelorette Party

Came Across The Greatest Photobomb Ever

Best Wedding Crasher Ever! Thanks For Being So Awesome

Photobomb Level: Adorable

Photobombed By A Dolphin

Expert Level Photobomb

Making Friends With Some Locals In Morocco A Few Weeks Ago. The Guy In The Back Liked To Photobomb Every Pic And I Wasn’t Complaining

My Daughter Is A Pro At Photo Bombing

This Is My Mother (On The Left) And Her Friends At A Concert And It Appears That They Time Traveled And Photobombed Themselves

Went To Take A Picture Of My Girlfriend At Brunch When Suddenly

While Taking Wedding Photos In The Park, We Were Visited By A Friendly Family Of Trash Pandas! They Checked Us Out For A Few Minutes, Then Went On Their Way

"Man" Bun

Zombie Horse Photobomb

When You Take A Picture While Riding And A Local Dude Is Photobombing You

This Family That Photobombed Us

Dwayne Wade Accidentally Photobombing A Proposal

The Weatherman Had A Dog On A Small Dog Couch In A Background

The Boy Behind Is A Whole Mood

Cats Cannot Let Dogs Live In Peace

Cute Witness

A True Photobomb

Photobombed My Brother's Wedding Photos

The Best Photobomb

Greek Photobomb

My Wife And I Photobombed By A Giraffe

Photo Bomb

The Jealousy Is Real

Mini Donkey Photobomb

This Couple Wanted Dust In The Air For Their Wedding Photos, The Best Man Made It Happen... And Then Some

My Parents Met A Friendly Stingray On Vacation

Perfect Photobomb

One Is Never Too Old To Photobomb A Bikini Shot

I Tried To Subtly Crash A Prom

Raising The Bar On Pigtail Fashion

Epic Photobomb

Took A Pic Of My "Hidden" UPS Package And My Cat Decided To Bomb The Photo

Got This Gem

The Face When You Notice Them Trying To Hide

Nova Was Curious As To Why I Went Outside Without Her, So She Photobombed

My Friend Took This Picture Of His Son At The Mall. Noted Kid In Background

Best Photobomb All Year

This Happy Fish Photobombing Me

Got Married Last Week. My Favorite Picture From The Night Got Photobombed By My Buddy

Reminder To Always Check Your Background When Taking Pictures

That Time Drake Photobombed My Family's Photograph

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