Rainbow Desert

[alatoo]

Red Cliffs (Adeii Eechii) that are a part of Painted Desert.
C&C welcome
Sasha.

 

[AlanLichty]

How in the world? Is this a type of lens flare? Very unusual effect.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is beautiful but begs some background. Was the rainbow extremely close to you?

 

[alatoo]

How in the world? Is this a type of lens flare? Very unusual effect.

Alan, this is not a lens flare but a real see-through rainbow shot from the side of the mountain with a tele lens, looking far into the desert.

 

[alatoo]

This is beautiful but begs some background. Was the rainbow extremely close to you?

Ben, I was up on the mountain side, and the rainbow was down in the valley. I used 75-300 zoom which, with 4/3 crop factor, equals to 150-600mm - so quite a magnification.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Sasha,

I think this one is awesome! I mean, totally awesome!

Not a thing I would change about it. I love that the rainbow is so huge and translucent. The background being a bit soft is perfect because it then doesn't distract from the focus of this shot, and that is the rainbow. It provides a cool backdrop to the rainbow with the cliffs, but it doesn't distract in any way.

You should really think about entering this in one of the annual landscape contests, like with Outdoor Photography, or such.

Jim

 

[Dean]

Sasha,
Really neat image. I would be tempted to crop some of the dark area off at the bottom may be 1/2 of it to 2/3's my eye went there first before I realized the amazing background of the painted cliffs. The colors look really great.
Great thinking on how to work the rainbow and very unique !
Regards,
Den

 

[Bill Swartzwelder]

Congrats on a great capture Sasha. These shots can be tricky to get the right exposure so you don't lose the colors... You nailed it.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Ben, I was up on the mountain side, and the rainbow was down in the valley. I used 75-300 zoom which, with 4/3 crop factor, equals to 150-600mm - so quite a magnification.

After I asked my question, I realized it was probably a long lens shot. Still good to visualize this and get the shot.

 

[Tuan Le]

Pretty cool and interesting visuals you've captured.

 

[Timmeh]

Hi Sasha,

The simple composition with basic layers works very well when you capture such a strange phenomenon.

Tim

 

[lightsgood]

Moments like this... washed on color. Outstanding!

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Red Cliffs (Adeii Eechii) that are a part of Painted Desert.
C&C welcome
Sasha.
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Illusory and Iridescent are the words that come to mind. Very unique!