08 May 2013

Rainbow over Nebraska National Forest, May 8, 2013

Rainbow over the Nebraska National Forest, May 2013. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)
There I was, out at the Black Hills Overlook trail and what did I see but an empty memory card slot in my camera. That's a lesson you have to repeat from time to time, but hopefully it happens less than once every five years, and then only on incidental shoots. Heck of a time to only have a mobile phone for a camera, because a shower came and went, with the rain backlit by the sun, and then glowing patches of light and a rainbow. These photos hold up well enough at small sizes, so I'll take it. Note the range of light and shadow, where the sun hits only certain areas. The foreground tree is a natural start, with the right-hand branch pointing toward the rainbow and middle tree, then you can follow the curve of the rainbow back to the front.