Rainy day, spot the setting sun rays, rush to the river park, get a few clicks of the rainbow. The colors look a little skewed but it's because the sunset was giving everything a nice peach hue.
The tree is a Sabal Palm, one of the trees native to this area. It's the state tree.
Swamp Cabbage Festival
iPhoto, then Preview to resize.
After challenge;
Thank you Don. You made my day, which was already a pretty nice one.
Here's the camera file resized only.
It was shot with the 8mm Rokinor fisheye, which is the only lens in my kit that allows me to capture a complete rainbow in portrait format.
It was also published in the local newspaper, and has about 4,500 hits and 75 shares on Fb.
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This is so otherworldly that changed my idea about Florida! And rainbows.
Glad that you showed the original file or nobody would have believed the colors.
I was curious how you shot this, since I couldn't find any distinctive shadows indicating that the sun was in the "correct" direction, and the small patch of blue suggested the possibility of a substantially clear sky above. I take it from your notes that it was somewhat more overcast than it looks?
Otherwise, I agree with Don -- it looks unreal, and got one of my highest votes. :-)
This vividly colored, almost luridly so, scene looks like a page from a Chamber of Commerce booklet. That's not saying I don't like it. It's verve and ebullience carry the day.
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