While travelling north from Midleton, the rain came down in thick heavy drops under a leaden sky. My how things can change quickly. On went the brakes as I slid into a farmer’s gateway in order to capture the exact location of that pot of gold.
I just couldn’t choose a single image from the 4 so decided to use a slideshow with all of them. Needless to say I had to use a polariser to get the rainbow this bright, but it was an eyeful.
You did well ! They are all wonderful !
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Thank you, in some ways I feel I should have wielded the ace a bit more, but just couldn’t decide which should go. π
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I love rainbows. Once when I was a young boy I chased a rainbow through the woods for at least an hour trying to find the pot of gold. No luck.
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Perhaps it is their brightness against dark skies, their multitude of colours or the fact that they feature in so many fairytales, but yes quite magical. Hope you have had stopped running……MM π
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Me stop chasing rainbows? Never
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A joyous sight indeed π
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Trust you to capture the true luck o’ the Irish, John! Lovely!!
Kathryn
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Maybe the farmer just put it there into his field in the hope that someone would dig it up for him….π
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Good point. ‘Tis better to carry a polariser than a shovel, any day, if you ask me. π
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Gorgeous! Ahhh… so THAT’S what I need to do. Sigh… there are so many “toys” out there to make our art beautiful, aren’t there? Another one to add to my list!
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There are just so many toys out there and the trick I feel is to get confident with each before moving on. π
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Simply wonderful, MM!
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Cheers Dina, the contrast with the sky was wonderful….π
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I never have my polarizing filter on at the right time. AMAZING rainbows MM!!
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Yes they were amazing with the naked eye and I was so glad the PF’s were with me to use….π
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Me too!
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Beautiful!
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Cheers Norma, enjoy your day π
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Aren’t rainbows wonderful? Hope you found the gold πΈπ
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Absolutely. The gold was the rainbow itself. π (I see the different frog this week – prefer the original ππΈ)
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Oh dear .. Another frog! An impersonator ..
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imposter? πΈπΈπΈ
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Yes ππΈπΈ
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Magical eyeful and I learnt something too. I have never thought to put on the polarising filter for a rainbow and have been quite disappointed in the shots I got, duh! Some are a bit slower than others π but I’ll get there. Pity I didn’t know about it 2 weeks ago, ah well.
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Taking an image of a rainbow without a polarising filter always makes me go “why did I bother?”. It really does just look “duh” compared to what the naked eye sees. Of course once the polariser is on, moving from a portrait to a landscape shot requires a bit of turning too. The great thing about these blogs is that we can all learn from each other – your handy hints have been most welcome on here π
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Thank you — I didn’t know that I could use polarising filter either. Beautiful photos!
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Always handy to have in the bag. π
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Great! Send over some of that gold, please π Is the double rainbow an artifact of some window/lens/filter or were there even more pots of gold?
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No magic required to get the double rainbow (at least not on the part of me and my camera). So happy digging. π
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magic! GruΓ Alois
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Danke, Gruss John π
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