After the storm

[MadeInOz]

This afternoon when my aunt and uncle were here, we just missed getting stormed on (which was lucky, since we were outside eating) the storm front swept past us a couple of kilometers to the south. Afterwards, there were these two awesome rainbows, and I thought I'd share some piccies with ya'll.

The first is a picture of the two rainbows side by side..

the second is the 'end' of the rainbow, which really displays the full array of colours.

The third is my favourite shot... where the rainbow reaches the edge of the clouds and disappears.

enjoy!

 

[Jer]

Those are great pictures! I especially like the second one as it displays the full colours, like you said. If it's silm it's even better as it can be quite hard to get the colours fully there. Not tried taking pictures of rainbows too much though. The first one shows the darker area between the rainbow and the reversed one, I can't remember the name of this are though.

 

[Ouch]

Way to have a camera around! Those are beautiful.

 

[MadeInOz]

Those are great pictures! I especially like the second one as it displays the full colours, like you said. If it's silm it's even better as it can be quite hard to get the colours fully there. Not tried taking pictures of rainbows too much though. The first one shows the darker area between the rainbow and the reversed one, I can't remember the name of this are though.

The photos don't show it, but to the naked eye the lower one started reversing again, which looked really really spectacular, but I couldn't get it to work. Oh well, as my mum always says, there are some moments that are just meant to be enjoyed. I haven't seen a rainbow that was that big, and that distinct in a while.

My approach to taking photos is if I see something beautiful, and I have my camera (I'm increasingly lugging it around everywhere I go) with me, I take a photo of it.

By the way, the dark patch between rainbows is called Alexander's dark band. I just found a webpage: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/ligsky.html

Thanks for the compliments

 

[=Joel=]

awesome

 

[KrazyPhish]

Very nice indeep!

My favourite is the 3rd one

 

[NINGirl]

Gorgeous!

 

[Glowworm]

I really enjoyed those beautiful rainbows; thanks!

 

[chickette]

I loved the third one! The clouds are so pretty! Even without the rainbow it would still be an awesome picture!

 

[Piano Player]

Nice picture of a rainbow. Next time, to get a great picture of a rainbow, try to find something else that the rainbow can compliment. In the web page you referenced, the photographer framed the rainbow over the houses in a symetrical composition. One of my favorite nature photographers, Galen Rowell, was on his way to visit the Dalai Lama, and saw a rainbow. He immediately jumped out of his car, and ran over a half mile with his camera and tripod to position the rainbow over the Dalai Lama's palace. The resulting picture is one of his most famous. You can see it at: http://www.mountainlight.com/posters.html He would tell that story to challenge other photographers to seek radical change of perspective to improve a picture.

The colors in your rainbow are as nice as any I have seen. I just think your picture would be even more memorable if you could have used the rainbow for some dramatic compositional purpose.

 

[Nathaniel P. Robbins]

Those are great! My wife keeps asking me to get a digital camera and maybe I will get one. The kids are always sending us pictures on the computer.

Praise the Lord!
Nathaniel P. Robbins

 

[Vladyslaus Kyivarius]

Yep, nice rainbows...

 

[look4hope]

Superb!!!
Thanks for sharing them