Crazy light and a rainbow

annnna8888

After a heat wave here in Slovenia that lasted a couple of weeks, relief came yesterday, finally. Dark clouds, a storm in the afternoon, and by the time I looked out the window the light was freaky! I only wish I'd seen it sooner and gone out to take photos with a nicer foreground. Well, next time, I guess.
This is what I got from my apartment window:

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/still banging my head against the wall in frustration ... :bash

Ana

ivar

Wow Ana, very nice! That is one clear and bright rainbow! I do really like that first image, with the houses as foreground

mr peas

good find! but where's the pot of gold!?

Art Scott

HOLY SLOVENIA BAT GIRL.....that is a double rainbow....Ana a truly FANTASTIC set of photos.....bowthumbthumb

schmoo

This is the view that you're frustrated about catching?! It's beautiful.

I love the houses in the foreground. They look almost like toys, especially with the rainbow being so incredibly perfect. I've never seen one that sharp. You're a very lucky person!

denisegoldberg

I absolutely love the first image. Fantastic!

--- Denise

brodick

Some great photos here. My daughter will be glad to hear the heat wave is ending as she is off to Slovenia next week. Hope there is not too much rain instead!

S. Horton

I love #1!

Looks ever so slightly desaturated on my monitor @ work.......

EDIT: At home, positively perfect!

evoryware

The first one is stunning! The second one, I found the pot of gold under the tree! Time to get a Mark III!

hawkeye978

Stunning pictures, Ana. Did you have to do much post processing to get that strong contrast in the rainbows or were they really that bright?

annnna8888

Oh wow, thanks everyone!

I guess the rainbow was nice, but I'm still bummed about not being somewhere with a more romantic setting.

The photos are not post processed much, just a bit of levels. The colors were really that intense.

Ana

Mikko

Ana, it looks like you found the end of the rainbow in #2. These are all great photos. In all of my time out photographing I have never seen a rainbow. Once again these are all great.

leaforte

[SIZE=-1]Aller Geräte von Gold[/SIZE]

theinlawjosie

I too think the houses make a really nice foreground! It just goes to show how much people being accustomed to their surroundings alters their perspective so much. Excellent set!

David_S85

Mr. Roy G. Biv is sitting next to me and he says that those are some of the best rainbow pictures he's ever seen. And I agree with him. Good catch, Ana.

annnna8888

Thanks again, everybody, for your comments!
Hopefully there are more storms followed by such an amazing display of nature soon!

Ana

ivar

David_S85 wrote:

Mr. Roy G. Biv

You may need to explain that to most non-native English speakers

David_S85

ivar wrote:

You may need to explain that to most non-native English speakers

Yes, good point.

ROY G. BIV, an acronym, is a mnemonic memory device to remind those of the main colors (in order) in white light — Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

ivar

David_S85 wrote:

Yes, good point.

ROY G. BIV, an acronym, is a mnemonic memory device to remind those of the main colors (in order) in white light — Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

I could just see all those folk go "Mr Roy G Biv.... is he some famous rainbow photographer?"