Under the Rainbow
This was purely change of weather. Dark threatening clouding dropping water mixed with low sun backlit put the lonely tree so beautifully on spot, framed by the...
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This was purely change of weather. Dark threatening clouding dropping water mixed with low sun backlit put the lonely tree so beautifully on spot, framed by the full rainbow.
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torbenvictorschmidt
May 29, 2017
My intention here was to incorporate the car window + rear mirror for adding something extra. Without the window in front, there would still be a shadow from the sunny backlit of the car
torbenvictorschmidt
April 18, 2018
Thanks for all comments ;-) Here’s link to another shot on the same spot, before I had to rush into my car because of rain: https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2830/33480118543_49ecba8b9d_k_d.jpg
(photo in large size/my flickr account)
(photo in large size/my flickr account)
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Location
This spot is a few kilometers from my home. In the first place, it was the threatening clouding coming in, which triggered me to start my car and rush out to this road, passing an open moor. I had in mind, that I should walk around with my tripod to search for the best angles to shoot from. But at the moment I arrived, it started with big water drops falling, while the low sunbeams enlighted i.e. the tree in the front. So I remained sitting in the car with the wind’n raindrops from the backside. And suddenly this clear rainbow showed up.Time
It was late in the afternoon in Denmark in the spring, therefore the low sunlight.Lighting
With my manual exposure set for the enlighted tree, my pic was gifted with an even more dark’n threatening clouding. I shot some with 50 mm/equivalent focus, and by this the car window was not seen, but part of the rainbow was cut off. I also shot a wide angle (24 mm aeqv.). and then got car window with water drops + full 180 degree rainbow. I definitely chose the latter for showing.Equipment
Camera: Sony a6000/16-50 zoom. I didn’t use my big tripod, so this was hand held, 1/60 sec, f:10Inspiration
This was an example of bad weather rising, given certain possibilities - lasting only some minutes - for shooting interesting pics.Editing
I did some minor regulations due to color balance.In my camera bag
Mainly the Sony a6000 with sony 16-50 mm, supplied with Minolta 50mm/f:1.7 and Minolta 35-70 mm/f:3.5 macro. Also a Sony waterproof point’n shoot.Feedback
As in this shot - it can be a little uncomfortable chosing bad weather for photographing. But sometimes this pays off with a nice, unique pic.
