Challenge 24: Rainbows

xsquiggy

Here's a photo taken Sunday October 17 while returning home from a ride in VA. I was soaking wet, cold, and shivering, when the sky decided to smile. I grabbed the camera from my tankbag (Kodak DX6490) and shot a series of photos for 20 minutes, until the rainbows disappeared. The photo's are untouched and the colors have not been enhanced. What you see is what I saw:D . Any comments or suggestions? Personally, I think the photo would be stronger without the street sign, but I was dealing with quickly changing lighting, and didn't have time to reposition the bikes without the risk of losing the shots altogether.








just for grins,,,,here's one more, hend held, about 380mm equiv. focal length:

judyfuess

Both are great!!!!! (It is raining here.... I have been waiting for a rainbow to show up but no luck yet!) I like the second one better because it doesn't have the road. It makes it look more picturesque

ish

I like the second one better. Maybe you could up the colors just a tiny bit?

gubbs

Just to confuse things,

I prefer the first one, I like the lines, the layers, the bikes, and the triple rainbow. Together it all makes the shot seem to be more complete.
I think the second one needed to be a bit wider, it seems to be cut off at the bottom. Did you get soaked??

xsquiggy

ish wrote:

I like the second one better. Maybe you could up the colors just a tiny bit?

Interesting reply, in light of my recent post here:

http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=3197

I suppose if I enhanced the colors, I'd be a first rate hypocrite

xsquiggy

gubbs wrote:

Just to confuse things,

I prefer the first one, I like the lines, the layers, the bikes, and the triple rainbow. Together it all makes the shot seem to be more complete.
I think the second one needed to be a bit wider, it seems to be cut off at the bottom. Did you get soaked??

Yes, I got soaked! I also like the first one better for several reasons. The word "twins" comes to mind. There's two of "lots of stuff" in the pic. I have this habit of including my bike in most photos taken while riding. It has something to do with combining a passion for riding with photography. As a result, whenever I'm comparing two photos of similar subjects, with only one photo containing a bike, I usually find the bikeless photo lacking a key ingredient. Just my personal preference.

RocketMan

Anthing with bikes is always a great shot! (not that I'm prejudiced, mind you ).
It can be frustrating at times getting the right angle so as not to have distractions included in a photo, but sometimes it just isn't possible so you've got to live with it or miss an otherwise great shot.

RM

digismile

I like the second better (despite the lack of bikes:D ) but think that you should have a bit of sharpening on the foreground.

Brad