Rainbows

I was in the supermarket parking lot last week and realized that a rainbow might appear soon. The rain was ending, I could see some clearing sky and the sun would be lower in the sky because it was late afternoon, early evening. I went to Harbor Beach in York Maine where you look out east over the ocean and I waited. I could see the sun trying to break through clouds but the clouds were persistent. Finally I started to see some color forming in the sky out over the water. I was rewarded with a partial rainbow, more like a ribbon. I was happy that my efforts paid off.

York Harbor beach, York Maine

Other times I have been in the right place at the right time and captured rainbows after being caught in a downpour or it has been raining out on the ocean and the suns rays shine through the rain drops.

Beach at Wells Reserve at Laudholm, Wells Maine

Beach at Wells Reserve at Laudholm, Wells Maine

Ogunquit beach, Ogunquit Maine

When I lived back in Goshen NH, I was fortunate to live in a place that after an afternoon shower many times there would be rainbows over Mt Sunapee.

Photographing rainbows has its challenges, from getting the right exposure to getting water drops on the lens, but capturing one of natures fleeting gifts is always satisfying.

Mount Sunapee, Goshen NH