4135. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: How to photography a rainbow

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: How to photograph a rainbow.

M mode, Tripod important. Canon R5, 1/60 sec, f/11, ISO 125, 24 mm. Focus at 1/3 way into the scene (roof).

 RAINBOW Lentor St, Singapore, 16 Aug 2023, 6.46pm.

1. Use a narrow aperture for a sharp scene. f/8 or f/11 to achieve lots of depth of field.2. Manual mode and tripod.
3. Focus about 1/3 of the way into the scene to keep both foreground and background sharp.
4. Slow shutterspeed at 1/80 sec or lower
5. High ISO NOT advised as it causes grainy photos.
*6. Use exposure bracketing. Take 3 shots. Sky shot has faster shutter speed. Mid-level shot at lowered stop or two and foreground shot lower. Blend 3 images in Lightroom.
7. Good composition. Uncluttered foreground, emphasize where rainbow intersects with ground object.
*8. Add a polarising filter of good quality to remove reflections and haze.
9. Post-processing important. Dodge and Burn etc.

* I didn't use these for my present shot of rainbow.

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UPDATE:
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M mode, Tripod important. Canon R5, 1/60 sec, f/11, ISO 125, 24 mm. Focus at 1/3 way into the scene (roof of house).
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Rainbows occur when sunlight shines through raindrops. The light is refracted as it enters the raindrop, then reflected off the back of the droplet and then refracted again as it exits and travels towards our eyes.

This causes the sunlight to split into different colours. The sun needs to be behind the viewer and needs to be low in the sky. The lower the sun in the sky, the more of an arc of rainbow the viewer will see.

Also, the rain, fog or other source of water droplets must be in front of the viewer. The angle at which the light is scattered is different for everyone, which means that every rainbow is unique to the observer.

Double rainbows form when sunlight is reflected twice within a raindrop. They are relatively common, esp when the sun is low in the sky, such as in the early morning and late afternoon. The second rainbow is fainter and more 'pastel' in tone. A key feature of a double rainbow is that the colour sequence in the second rainbow is reversed.