Rainbow in the Mist

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 28, 2011505 views10 comments

During a mid-afternoon visit to the upper terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs, I was surprised to see a rainbow. It disappeared during the 15 minutes that I walked back and forth trying to capture it and the springs. That's not a surprise as the lowering of the sun in the afternoon sky would cause the rainbow to rise above the point where the mist is dense enough to allow it to show. (5D, 70-200 f2.8 @ 73mm, f/8, 1/1000s, iso 200, polarizer)

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Comment posted by Jeremy Week on December 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM

Great image Mark! The colors are wonderful and the rainbow is a big bonus.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on December 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM

Cool image Mark, it's unique and I like the gleaming golden tones juxtaposed with the very natural bg.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on December 28, 2011 at 2:14 PM

pretty cool seeing a rainbow here!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 28, 2011 at 2:41 PM

Mark,

Wonderful image from Yellowstone! The warm and even golden terraces are showcased beautifully and well composed within the larger landscape. The rainbow, a glorious addition that is the icing on the cake.

Only suggestion I have is that this appears to be slanted CCW a bit. At least to me, I didn't measure anything. But judging from the level of the upper pool, it looks slightly tilted to me. Otherwise, beautiful.

Lon

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 28, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Good catch, Mark. The rainbow really sets off the other colors in the image.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on December 28, 2011 at 4:09 PM

Nice Mammoth HS image Mark. I don't think I've ever seen a rainbow here. Great timing on this one.

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Comment posted by Robert Stough on December 28, 2011 at 4:38 PM

Superb composition and colors Mark. A really beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 28, 2011 at 6:36 PM

Really nice Mark! The colors in this are just wonderful, and capturing that rainbow was awesome. A beautiful scene very well done. It does feel like it needs just a bit of cw rotation to me.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by scott lanz on December 28, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Lots of color here, but all good.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 28, 2011 at 10:48 PM

Nice! Warm and cool work great together here. Beautiful capture

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