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Akira

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Double rainbow
« on: July 31, 2016, 12:11:34 »
Trimmed from 12-stitch pano.  D750, AF-S 50/1.8G
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2016, 13:33:50 »
Impressive scene and clouds ! (and rainbow)
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2016, 14:11:16 »
Thanks, Elsa!  The view was spectacular.
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2016, 14:15:07 »
Why "double" rainbow?

Super shot.

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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2016, 14:29:42 »
Why "double" rainbow?

Super shot.

Thanks, Mike!  There is a very faint second rainbow to the left of the main one rising from around the pylon.
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2016, 14:37:47 »
Beautiful view Akira
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2016, 15:08:50 »
Akira, you obviously have better eyesight than I.  :'(

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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2016, 15:33:52 »
Armando, thanks!

Mike, the reason I can see the second rainbow could be that I do know there is one.  Here you would see the second one, but I don't think the image itself is very interesting.
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2016, 16:18:41 »
Akira, now I see it  ;D

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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2016, 21:04:29 »
Akira, now I see it  ;D

Glad to know that, Mike!
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2016, 08:00:42 »
Lovely capture!  Though, if you don't mind some cc, I feel like some cropping would realy help it out for web viewing.  The double rainbow is all but lost in such a beautiful and expansive sky.  On a large print, the entire pano would be gorgeous.
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2016, 17:06:38 »
Beautiful scenery with great impact.
  Your decision of framing creates effects for me, being able to admire the contrast between the bucolic sky full of cotton and color and the crowded man-made bottom. After some walking through the details...lurking in the shadows is some menace to the sky above, to nature. Maybe me own reaction to this cities we has created as species.

  Love the shot. Also think it will be an excellent print.

  Thanks Akira!

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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2016, 17:15:37 »
Mr Cloud strikes again!
I truly enjoy your stitched images, Akira!
The double rainbow is a bonus to an already beautiful picture :)
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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2016, 17:49:33 »
Akira, you obviously have better eyesight than I.  :'(

All rainbows are double.  The primary rainbow is at 42 degrees from the anti-solar point, and the outer or secondary rainbow is at 51 degrees.  The secondary rainbow is always broader and less bright than the primary rainbow, so it is often hard to see.  Note that the colours are reversed - in the inner rainbow red is on the outside and on the outer rainbow it is on the inside. 

There are also third and fourth order rainbows, but they are seen in the other direction, towards the sun, and are centred on the sun so they are hard to see and harder to photograph - the first photograph of a third order rainbow was made only in 2011! 

Two other phenomenon Akira's picture illustrates is that the the sky within the primary rainbow is brighter than the rest of the sky, and that the sky between the primary and secondary rainbows is darker than the rest of the sky (this is called "Alexander's dark band"). 

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Re: Double rainbow
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2016, 02:04:18 »
Tristin, thanks for your input.  Actually I tried narrower panos using less frames to zoom in the rainbow but discarded all of them simply because they are much less spectacular than the full-range pano posted above.  I concluded that the posted one rather enhances the sense of the scale of the rainbow, even on the web.

Paco, glad you like it!  I would fully agree with your notion of the contrast between the bucolic and the artificial.

Jakov, thanks for dropping by and kind comment!

Les, thanks very much for the scientific description of the rainbow.  I've never known about neither the third and fourth order rainbows.  I think one would need a 360 degree camera like Ricoh Theta to capture all!  I've never known about the differentce of the brightness of the skies separated by the rainbow(s) or the Alexander's dark band either.  All are valuable facts to learn!
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