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1. Picture Of A Rainbow

So you're driving home from work one day, and your DSLR is sitting in the passenger seat next to you. It just stopped raining and the light is amazing - so amazing that you're tempted to pull over and take a photograph. Then you see it: a real reason to stop and take a photo. A rainbow has appeared in a nearby field, just between a red barn and a couple of cows.

You stop your car and lift the camera, but for some reason the rainbow looks faint - almost non-existent - in your viewfinder. You snap the photo anyway, but the rainbow looks faint on the image, too.

Rainbow on vivid blue sunny sky image picture background Rainbow with sky and clouds panorama. Double rainbow with clouds and blue sky Rainbow in the blue sky. Over a glade Rainbow in the sky. A rainbow is not a stand still object, it's just one of natures beautiful works. You can always add a tree or cloud in the photo, but just keep the arc, clutter free. Rainbow spots: You can find two types of rainbows, one which shows the beautiful arc and the other which shows the end of the rainbow or the point where it touches the ground.

You look up - the rainbow still looks as brilliant as it did before, but for some reason it's avoiding your camera. What did you do wrong?

[ Top image by Flickr user www.josemiguelmartinez.es] That elusive rainbow It's not only difficult to capture that pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, it's also difficult to capture the rainbow itself. That's because rainbows aren't solid - they're made when sunlight reflects off of drops of water in the atmosphere.

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And because they aren't any brighter than the sky, capturing one with your camera can be really tricky. Some Useful Equipment If you have a polarizing filter in your bag when you spot that amazing rainbow, try experimenting with it to see if you can change the rainbow's color saturation or make it stand out more from its surroundings. It probably won't take a whole lot of polarization to bring out the colors, and too much may actually make the rainbow disappear, so experiment and don't overdo it.

By Flickr user Kansas Poetry (Patrick) Also try changing your focal length - remember that that particular rainbow is only going to appear one time, and it may not stick around for long. Use your zoom lens to get close to it - if you can see either of its end points, zoom in there.

Then use your wide angle to capture the whole scene. Depending on any obstructions, you may be able to capture both end points in a wide angle shot, which will make for a very compelling image. A tripod may also be useful - rainbows tend to appear on darker days, and you'll probably want to photograph them with a.

This means of course a, which also means that you'll find a tripod useful. And of course a cable or remote release will help you prevent camera shake as well.

Picture Of A Rainbow

Finally, you may find a camera with manual exposure and focus settings to be useful when photographing rainbows. Your autofocus won't lock on a rainbow, because it doesn't have a highly defined edge. And a manual exposure (or at the very least, ) will allow you to slightly underexpose your subject. This will help saturate the rainbow's colors and make it stand out more. Pay attention to what is behind the rainbow You can't get closer to a rainbow - it's an optical illusion, after all, and it will always seem to be the same distance from you regardless of whether or not you move towards or away from it.