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Posted by Chris Fagyal on Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:41 pm

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During one of the only brief breaks in the rainy weather of western Washington during my visit last week, the sun actually broke from the clouds, the rain stopped, and 3 rainbows appeared simultaneously. It was rather remarkable looking. This Heerman's Gull landed on a rock directly in front of one of the rainbows, so I crept up close and snapped a few shots with the rainbow taking up almost all of the background. This is the result.

Canon Eos10D + 400mm f/5.6 + 550EX. 1/200th sec @ f/9.0, Flash EV -1 2/3.
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by AlexC on Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:21 pm
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Very nice capture and wonderful fill-flash, excellent rainbow colored BG to boot!!, Slightly over-sharpened in my monitor, otherwise and excellent portrait!!! Congrats!!! 8)
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:09 pm
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Very cool using the rainbow as a background like this!
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by Alan Murphy on Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:34 pm
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Chris, This is awesome. Love the BG.
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by Ken Newcombe on Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:34 pm
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Chris,

Very nice indeed, first time I have seen a rainbow used this way. Holding back on the flash allowed the BG colors to be bright. Well done.
 

by Jim Urbach on Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:29 pm
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Chris,

A most interesting BG. I hope you have some images with the whole bird as well.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:17 pm
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Good thinking to use a rainbow for the background. It adds a nice touch of color to the shot. The placement of the colors behind the bird add to the effect, IMHO.
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by Sheri Whala on Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:04 am
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Very nice! I don't know that I would have thought to use the rainbow for a bg! Way to go!
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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:52 am
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Well executed portrait. No nits!
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by Terence P. Brashear on Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:42 am
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This is beautiful. Great color & composition!

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Good thinking. Nicely done. :D
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