Royal Rainbow

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 4, 2012628 views27 comments

Here is one of the many images I shot over the Labor day north rim event. After a lackluster sunrise at Point imperial, we headed out to cape royal to see the views. It was raining on and off during the morning and once the rain finally cleared out of the canyon a nice rainbow emerged from the bottom of the canyon. I liked the way it spread across the interior of the canyon and tried to get a little more intimate with the shot rather than get a wide view. As always comments and critiques are welcome.

Canon 7d
Canon 17-40mm @40mm
ISO 100
1/100 sec
f11
Tripod
CPL

Comments

27 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on September 4, 2012 at 11:40 PM

Very nice Peter. I like the play of light and shadow in the canyons along with the added benefit of the rainbow. Nice choice to extract a more intimate view.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on September 4, 2012 at 11:42 PM

Wicked shot, Peter! To be totally honest, i think id actually like it even more w/o the bow--the light is so awesome it almost looks like the canyon is underwater or something.

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on September 4, 2012 at 11:53 PM

Fabulous light. Loved it !!!

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on September 4, 2012 at 11:54 PM

Thanks Wayne and Stan.

Stan, either way I would have liked it. The light didn't last long like this and the rainbow was there pretty much the whole time it was lit up in the canyon. First time I got a rainbow in a shot though!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on September 5, 2012 at 2:16 AM

Beautiful light peter. Even without the rainbow, this has a great appealing quality to it.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on September 5, 2012 at 3:39 AM

Fabulous light Peter. I tend to agree the rainbow in this case could be perceived as academic. However it is also true that the only bit of the image that holds little visual interest is the dark triangle on the bottom left corner, fortuitously the rainbow cuts through it, so arguably it is better being there than not.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on September 5, 2012 at 6:37 AM

Wonderful everything- composition, light, the rainbow not bad either ;)

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 5, 2012 at 8:55 AM

Excellent. This really captures the light drama that can occur here.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on September 5, 2012 at 9:09 AM

Simply excellent Peter. That light is just fantastic! I see Stan's point, but I like the bow...tops it off nicely I think.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on September 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM

Heartbreaking light. An outstanding image.

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Comment posted by Peter Gordon on September 5, 2012 at 9:55 AM

Love the tight crop. Beautiful light beautifully captured..

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 5, 2012 at 10:29 AM

Cool! Well done on the comp and the exposure. The diagonal of the bow adds movement and the dappled light is great.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 5, 2012 at 11:03 AM

Peter, gorgeous light and capture too. Had to be one of those very inspiring photographic moments to be there in person...

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on September 5, 2012 at 11:44 AM

I love this! All the great colors from the amazing light display really make this a winner.

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Comment posted by John Williams on September 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM

My thoughts echoed Stan's. This is simply fantastic. Normally I would be all over a rainbow like this, but the splashes of light and color combined with the shapes in the valley are the real prize winner.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 5, 2012 at 2:18 PM

Fantastic!! Awesome view and some amazing light and conditions. Really nice work Peter. You guys came back with some great stuff...

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on September 5, 2012 at 4:14 PM

Really great shot here Peter, the scattered light is beautiful.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on September 5, 2012 at 5:06 PM

Thanks everyone! I suppose the scene put itself over the top by presenting this rainbow right across, but definitely not something we see every day. I would have liked to get a shot without it, but the light didn't stay like this for long.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 5, 2012 at 6:33 PM

Stunning light Peter! The rainbow is icing on the cake. What a feast for the eyes...... and camera too!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 5, 2012 at 6:47 PM

Peter,

This is glorious! The dappled light on the landscape is awesome enough - add a rainbow... don't know how this could be any more special.

Lon

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on September 5, 2012 at 7:01 PM

Peter, you captured some beautiful & dynamic lighting here! The rainbow is awesome too. Very nice work!!!

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on September 5, 2012 at 7:39 PM

Fantastic capture ! one of those love it photos !

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Comment posted by Chikku Baiju on September 5, 2012 at 10:29 PM

Having the polarizer all the time on the lens does have some advantage huh

Nice shot man. That light was glorious. By the time I switched my lenses this was gone. Glad you caught it.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on September 5, 2012 at 11:32 PM

Beautiful light and colors, with the rainbow uniting it all. Lovely capture of a super moment.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on September 7, 2012 at 8:42 PM

Rockin!

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Comment posted by Alex Noriega on September 12, 2012 at 7:14 PM

This is soooo nice, Peter. The light is absolutely fantastic, with the golden dappled foreground and dark background - and that rainbow puts it over the top. I know this spot well, and you definitely isolated some of the most interesting parts of the scene. Not much else to say here other than "perfect".

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on September 12, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Thanks Alex, this scene really took me by surprise. With all the scattered showers passing through I knew the late morning light would do some crazy things, but to have the rainbow appear where it did was just incredible. Definitely one of my best (IMO).

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