Atmospheric - Rainbows
A brilliant rainbow over a wheatfield in the light of a low Sun and with a dark thunderstorm receding. A fainter outer bow is visible at left. This was Friday the 13th, September 2019. This shows the sky inside the bow brighter than outside. The spectrum of colours is well shown but there were no supernumary arcs visible inside the bow. This is a 2-section panorama with the Canon EOS R and 24-105mm lens. Stitched with ACR.
Searchlight Rainbows from the Trollfjord at Trollfjord
Rainbows from the twin searchlights (here crossing paths) on the bow of the m/s Trollfjord on February 26, 2019, taken from forward Deck 6, as the ship was located and aimed at the mouth of the Trollfjord fjord itself in Norway, late at night and in the pouring rain. The Hurtigruten ships often stop at the Trollfjord by night and illuminate the entrance by searchlight. In summer they enter the narrow fjord. There is a double rainbow in each searchlight beam, and with Alexander’s Dark band prominent as the dark area between the primary (inner) and secondary (outer) bows, with the colour order reversed between the inner and outer bows. Taken handheld with the iPhone8 so the image is very very noisy. EXIF data says it is ISO 500 and 1/15 second at f/1.8 and at 3.99 mm focal length lens.
A double rainbow seen shortly after sailing across the Arctic Circle along the Norwegian coast on the Hurtigruten ship the ms Trollfjord. This is a panorama created in camera shot with an iPhone 8 with the Apple camera app. Processing with Lightroom.
A double rainbow seen shortly after sailing across the Arctic Circle along the Norwegian coast on the Hurtigruten ship the ms Trollfjord. This is a panorama created in camera shot with an iPhone 8 with the Apple camera app. Processing with Lightroom.
A double rainbow seen shortly after sailing across the Arctic Circle along the Norwegian coast on the Hurtigruten ship the ms Trollfjord. This is a panorama created in camera shot with an iPhone 8 with the Apple camera app. Processing with Lightroom.
Double Rainbow over Canola Field
A bright double rainbow over a ripening canola field, from home in Alberta. This shows the reversal of colours in the outer fainter bow, and rhe Dark Band between the bows, and bright sky inside the inner bow. With the 85mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6d MkII.
Double Rainbow over Canola Field
A panorama (from 3 segments) of a double rainbow over a ripening canola field from home in southern Alberta, July 18, 2018. The rainbow is almost a perfect semi-circle as the Sun was about to set in the west. With the Sun low, the rainbow would be at its highest as seen from a ground location. This is a classic double rainbow with the colours of the fainter outer bow reversed from the inner one. There is not a lot of blue here in the bows as the light from the setting Sun was dominated by yellow and red. Blue was filtered out by the atmosphere. This was with the Laowa 15mm lens and Sony a7III, and stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. Handheld on automatic exposure.
Mammatiform downdraft clouds on a retreating thunderstorm cloud with a rainbow lit by the low setting Sun, August 14, 2016 from home. This is a 4-panel panorama assembled in Adobe Camera Raw, with the Nikon D750 and 20mm Sigma lens.
A double rainbow at sunset with the last rays of the setting Sun lighting the clouds and making the rainbow look like its on fire. A single image with the 16-35mm lens.
A double rainbow at sunset on July 18, 2016 after a pyrotechnic thunderstorm. The low Sun is providing the red lighting, with some shafts of sunlight and shadow converging to the anti-solar point. This is a 2-frame panorama with the 16-35mm lens at 16mm, stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
A cloudscape of a thunderstorm and rainbow fragment in the light of the low Sun from home in southern Alberta, July 3, 2016. A wonderful sky of colours, shades, and shapes. Certainly a Turneresque sky. This is a panorama stitch of 8 segments with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750.
Rainbow and Cloud Shadows at Sunset
A rainbow arc and converging cloud shadows at sunset on July 3, 2016 from home in southern Alberta. The clouds exhibit the classic mammatiform cell structure of the underside of a thunderstorm. Another Turneresque sky, with a superb painterly cloudscape. This is a single frame from a 650 frame time lapse with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D.
A cloudscape of a thunderstorm and rainbow fragments in the light of the low Sun from home in southern Alberta, July 3, 2016. The clouds exhibit mammatiform cells from downdrafts. The Sun is also casting some anti-crepuscular cloud shadows converging on the centre of the rainbow arc, the anti-solar point. This is a panorama stitch of 8 segments with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750.
Rainbow fragments in the light of the setting Sun, July 3, 2016, with a retreating storm, and cloud shadows converging on the anti-solar point at the centre of the rainbow. This is a 4-panel panorama stitched in Adobe Camera Raw.
A double rainbow in the afternoon sky, shot with a fish-eye lens to be suitable for projection in tilt-dome planetariums. Shot from home in Alberta, summer 2015.
Iridescent Clouds at Chaco Canyon
Iridescent clouds near the Sun in the afternoon sky over the Pueblo Bonito ruins at Chaco Canyon at the Chaco Culture National Hiistoric Site.
A rainbow in a clear blue sky as a storm retreats. Taken from home Aug 31, 2014.
Star Trails & Moonbow over Bow Falls
The stars of the northern sky circling in star trails over Bow Falls, on the Bow River, Banff, Alberta. This is a stack of 80 images, each 30 seconds at f/4 and ISO 800 with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII. Stacked with Advanced Stacker Plus actions using Long Streak effect. The foreground is from one exposure. and includes a faint moonbow at right over the falls as well as two people who wandered in for a look and stood still long enough for a single exposure.
A double rainbow after a brief storm on the summit of Mt. Kobau, at the Mt. Kobau Star Party, July 28, 2014. A single exposure with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 5D Mark II.
Rainbow at Blackfoot Crossing #2
A low primary rainbow, with supernumerary arcs inside the bow, appearing to the east as a thunderstorm receded. Taken from the site of the Blackfoot Crossing Historic Park. in southern Alberta, July 20, 2014.
Rainbow at Blackfoot Crossing #1
A low primary rainbow, with supernumerary arcs inside the bow, appearing to the east as a thunderstorm receded. Taken from the site of the Blackfoot Crossing Historic Park. in southern Alberta, July 20, 2014.
A low primary rainbow, with supernumerary arcs inside the bow, appearing to the east as a thunderstorm receded. Taken from the site of the Blackfoot Crossing Historic Park. in southern Alberta, July 20, 2014.
Rainbow over Prairie Field (Wide-Angle)
A rainbow near sunset from hom in Alberta, May 31, 2014, taken with the 14mm Rokinon ultra wide angle lens. A fainter outer bow is also visible.
Rainbow over Prairie Field (Fish-Eye
A rainbow near sunset from hom in Alberta, May 31, 2014, taken with the 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens, suitable for projection in a planetarium dome. A fainter outer bow is also visible.