Rainbow after thunderstorm

Post-processing #36 |

Rainbow after thunderstorm, next to KOA, Grand Junction, Colorado, September 17, 2011 (composite from four Pentax K-r photos using Autostitch)

This photograph from Grand Junction, Colorado, is one of the best rainbows shots I’ve ever had the opportunity to make. The only comparable one that I can think of was also in Colorado, about 125 miles northeast of this one, but it was back 2001 when I was shooting 35mm film.  It also required multiple photos to get it all in.

To get this rainbow all in one image, I took four photos and blended them using Autostitch^1,2, a proprietary image stitching software tool for creating panoramas.

Reference:

1. Autostitch
2. Wikipedia

Note:

Post-processing – Image editing to enhance the photo closer to what the eye “saw.” Images in this series are usually selected within a day or so of being edited and are either posted at the time or scheduled for posting at a later date.