Rainbow in Cabo da Roca Photo

Photographer’s Note

Kath (feather) gave me the idea to post this one when I saw her Scottish rainbow.

As far as I can remember, this is also my first photograph of a rainbow. It took it on the same day of this one, after having gotten an involuntary bath of heavy rain.

I hesitated much about the best cropping. Contrarily to what seems to be the main trend, I have nothing against square formats, actually sometimes I like them very much, so my indecision has nothing to do with any bias for or against a particular format. I am curious about knowing your opinion.

WS's:
#1 - Alternative cropping of the same shot.

#2 - Another view with another angle from the same place.

Location of the POV (latitude, longitude): 38.78,-9.4974

banaei_nikon, paura, edytungkal, Docarmo, feather, buscape, parbo, gracious, danos, sacavem, dip, trekks, xuaxo has marked this note useful

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banaei_nikon (775) 2009-03-14 22:39

Hi Jose
Very nice rainbow
Amazing colours
Well done..
**MAB**

danyy (68088) 2009-03-15 0:03

Bonjour Jose,
joli moment décisif dans ces montagnes portugaises. Pas facile à exposer correctement cette scène, les lumières sont fortes à certains endroits et tu as évité toute surexposition.
L'effet du polarisant sur l'arc en ciel n'est plus à démontrer.
Best regards.
Daniel.

Graal (57312) 2009-03-15 0:04

Hi Jose,
very nice landscape with the rainbow on the sky. Good complementary WS also. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

feather (49848) 2009-03-15 3:14

Thanks for the mention; good to think I can be an inspiration of any kind ;D
Something I never thought about before is how the presence of a rainbow limits composition options. Here you demonstrate the same problem I had. From the 3 you present I think you made the best choice. In WS1 I think there is too much empty space on the right which is no doubt why you cropped for this one. WS2 is an excellent composition of the landscape, but the rainbow is only a small part of the image. I'm assuming there was something on the left that you didn't want in the image as that would have made your main post better still. I have nothing against square format per se, but seem to have an unreasonable resistance to using it. Jaap uses it consistently with success. I don't think I have used it more than once or twice, and when cropping (except for pano format) always feel the need to crop the other side to retain proportions. This is for no reason that I can justify. Anyway it looks good here.
Kath

delkoo (33988) 2009-03-15 4:07

bonjour josé
c'est toujours un moment agréable de pouvoir photographier un arc-en-ciel , ce phénomène naturel est tellement beau qu'il donne une autre dimension au paysage.

didier

paura (37896) 2009-03-15 4:46

J. Pires,
E não é que aí também tem isso? :-) Linda a imagem, amigo, tomada em uma composição muito boa.

Abraço

Paulo

edytungkal (4517) 2009-03-15 5:22

Wow...captured rainbow always a special moment and you were lucky for the beautiful nature. All pictures are great but honestly i prefer the 2nd ws, despite with the smaller rainbow but it has more beautiful foreground. Anyway very good works Jose friend and tfs.

daniel

Docarmo (8814) 2009-03-15 7:07

Olá José,
Linda tomada deste arco-íris! Tens preciosidades nos teus guardados. Gosto muito da composição aqui e do contraste de luminosidade. O WS#2 também é encantador por mostrar aquela nesga de mar.
Parabéns!
MCV

tober (3902) 2009-03-15 16:29

I've never seen a rainbow in Cabo da Roca, since it's always windy. But you were so lucky ! I would prefer this one to the others in the WS.

WS-2 is also interesting with the sea view. But the shares of both rainbow and the ocean were quite limited. If you had turned your camera further right the rainbow would disappear and vice-versa.

Best regards, Tolga

buscape (3429) 2009-03-15 17:49

Hello Jose,
beautiful capture of this colorful rainbow. Even though the rainbow is more impressive in this picture I would prefer the second with only a little part of the rainbow to the left. To me the overall picture of WS#2 is a trifle better.
Best wishes,
Helmut

parbo (10964) 2009-03-15 18:20

Olá Jose ,

This is really decisive moment for capturing wonderful rainbow perfectly. The landscape is beautiful with light plays on ridges and valleys. I'm not cropping man that's why prefer your next complementary post #2, because its include more wide view with sea and flowers. Both of them captured perfectly in excellent technical quality. Have a nice new week.

Parabéns e Abraço!

Ertugrul

gracious (20017) 2009-03-16 1:34

Ola Jose,
Lovely rainbow across the beautiful landscape!
the colour truly beautiful with good sharpness and great details over the land as well!
many thanks for the wonderful sharing
cheers
Tony

rodgerg (23207) 2009-03-16 4:32

Olà José,

A nice rainbow very well collected and well located in the image. But too a very nice shky and a superb landscape with a great prospect and many details (houses, rocks, vegetation) very well collected. Good photowork.
Amizades,
Roger

danos (31796) 2009-03-16 8:21

Olá Jose,
nice the view of the rainbow over the Mts,with the light to make the scene more brilliant.
I like and the alternatives shots as complementary ones.

Have a nice afternoon,Danos

sacavem (8102) 2009-03-16 10:04

Olá Jose,

Esta ida ao Cabo da Roca rendeu umas fotos muito interessantes:)
Alguma vez tinhas de apanhar um belo arco-íris.Uma bela imagem da natureza, no seu esplendor.Por vezes estes arcos não nos dão tempo para grandes preparos vão-se num instante.Tiveste bem neste "instantaneo".
Um abraço,
Filipe

vincz (19039) 2009-03-16 10:10

Super cet arc en ciel qui se dessine dans le ciel avec de sibelles couleurs. Les nuages derrierre font un arriere plan juste sombre comme il faut pour le faire ressortir a merveille. tres belles couleurs sur les collines aussi.

dip (12412) 2009-03-16 11:13

Hello Jose,
very good capture of the scenery,amazing green tones in the foreground and good lighting management,
the two WS are also very nice,
well done!
Dimitris.

trekks (14262) 2009-03-16 11:26

hi Jose

When we see rainbow, most times we had no camera to capture it. So when you are lucky enough to have a camera to shoot, the exposure and effect of the rainbow to be captured must be well thought. Here, you showed all done according to a high level of skill, especially in good composition and balanced proportion of it. Great work.

tfs, bill

jimkilgallon (0) 2009-03-18 21:35

Hi Jose
Excellent rainbow capture, they seem quite hard to capture, this one seems to have excellent depth and colours to it. Excellent lighting while the bluish sky is complimenting to the greens. TFS
Regards
Jim

jmdias (18819) 2009-04-03 17:31

zé

ficou legal este enquadramento e o formato quadrado da imagem. a gente consegue ver o relevo na parte de baixo e a textura do céu, onde o arco-íris é a peça chave., lindo trabalho

abraços

jorge

xuaxo (5649) 2009-05-25 9:09

Olá José,
É pena o fundo estar tão claro. Contudo, gosto de ver o ondulado da paisagem.
Prefiro a "#2: Another angle from the same place".
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

Photo Information

Copyright: Jose Pires (stego) (22340)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-19
Categories: Nature, Decisive Moment
Camera: Olympus E-300, 14-45 mm Zuiko Digital, Polariser
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Rainbow, rainbow, Arcs en ciel - Rainbows, Rainbows [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-03-14 22:24