This Morning's Donner Lake Rainbow!
I could tell this morning that it was "rainbow weather". So I was keeping an eye on the sky, and wouldn't you know, I saw one! It was an incredibly bright and vibrant rainbow, I happen to be driving along Donner Lake, here in Truckee, California when it popped out. As usual, I had my camera with me so I pulled over, slapped a polarizing filter on the front of my lens, ran out to the shore, and started shooting. I ran because experience has taught me that rainbows can disappear fast. I've seen them before, got all set up, only to have them fade away right before I start clicking.
Shot with a Canon R5 MarkII and a 24-105mm lens. ISO 400, the lens aperture was f/13, and the shutter speed was 1/200 of a second. Again, a polarizing filter was on the front of the lens. They help bring out the color a bit more in rainbows. But be careful with them, they can also make rainbows disappear if the polarizer is not adjusted properly. Handheld shot, I was rushing and didn't grab the tripod or have time to set it up.
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Thank you for looking, and I hope you all have a beautiful day out there!
Scott Thompson
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The filter did help so much with the colours of the rainbow.
Great shot. Such an interesting sky and cloud coverage.
Have a wonderful new week!
!HUG
Polarizers do indeed help with rainbows! However, this was a particularly vibrant rainbow to begin with. Thank you, and have a great week too!
I should use them more… I know. Hahaha somehow I just go out and about without most of the time.
Some are very vibrant. Luckily you captured this bright one.
You are welcome, thanks a lot.
I read it and I was amused by these words. 😀😅😂
Yeah. It's not amusing when it happens.... 🙃
This view is our favorite view from childhood. Whenever it rained and the sun came out, we used to see this view. There were so many different colors.
Nice! It's always incredible to see a big rainbow. Extra magical as a kid, for sure. Have a great day!
The colours in the rainbow is truly amazing! I'm glad you made it in time to take these shots...even though you had to run...lol! I could actually picture the scene in my mind as you described it😅! But it was worth it!!
Lol! Yup. It's a good thing I'm in decent shape these days. It's good for my body, and my photography :)
That's awesome👍!
Really nice capture 👍 snowing here today 🙄 not much and its not really sticking but come on already lets do Spring
Thank you, and DOH! Yes, this has been the never-ending winter here too, but it's finally shifting to spring lately!