A Little Rainbow

[JimFox]

Most of the Colorado mountain passes just opened up. I was coming back down Independence Pass on Friday morning and while the road is open there is still tons of snow up there. I stopped on the way down to photograph a few of the temporary waterfalls on the cliffs next to the road. When I got at exactly the right angle, a rainbow appeared.

iPhone 15 Pro Max not in Raw mode as I was in Live mode.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice way to catch a rainbow. Just about anything not a straight shot on your iPhone will drop you back to jpeg outputs. I tried using a sort of burst mode for waterfalls and met the same fate.

 

[JimFox]

Thanks Alan.

I think unless you choose Raw, it's in jpg mode. Which is fine for the most part I think.

 

[JimFox]

One thing I do like about going to Live Mode on situations like this is it shoots so fast all of the water drops get captured. With my Nikon I was mainly shooting at 1/5th of a sec, though I did kick up the ISO and shoot some faster shutter speeds, but not sure if it was as fast as the iPhone imaged at.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

When the sun is out against the water fall, getting to the right angle more often than not gets you to capture a rainbow. Neat shot.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks Alan.

I think unless you choose Raw, it's in jpg mode. Which is fine for the most part I think.

I set mine up to default to RAW but that only works for single shots. RAW isn't an option for burst or Live shots.

 

[JimFox]

When the sun is out against the water fall, getting to the right angle more often than not gets you to capture a rainbow. Neat shot.

Thanks Jameel!

Rainbows are based on the angle between the sun, the rain or water drops and the Camera. It's a 42 degree angle I believe.

One of Galen Rowells most famous photos is of a rainbow over a Tibetan temple where he recognized where the rain was and where the sun was breaking through and then he ran (I forget how far) with his camera and put himself in the right place because he knew the angle to take the perfect photo.