Rainbow (for deleteme group)

I really hate when my yuppie friends from NoVa insist on how superior it is in the burbs. Look at this! Columbia Heights is architecturally gorgeous.

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edcrowle says:

i agree.. you can only have a rainbow over slums.. :^)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Raúl! says:

It IS beautiful there, which such a rainbow who wouldn't want to live there.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

birdcage says:

great light!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Fletcher and Lauren says:

I was so excited when I saw the rainbow over C-heights! And then I was angry when I realized that I didn't have my camera on me. Thanks for the beautiful shot!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

davebluedevil says:

Awesome!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

*snapdragon says:

seems to me you have two rainbows going on.
the one in the sky and another one with those colorful buildings.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

:) Indeed. Actually, if you look closely above the top one, there is a second (real) rainbow. It had started to fade by the time I took this, but you can still see a bit of it.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

stuartmoulder says:

I would crop out the cars at the bottom which are distracting and colorless. I also think the second rainbow is not worth the real estate. Yes, it's a cool phenomenon, but it isn't a big part of this photo.

I am going to withhold a vote right now. I think this might be a saveme with some work. The light on the buildings is quite good and the sense of scale is very nice.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

_sibi says:

I like the clearness of this photo, also without the crop it seems nice to me.

voted as "saveme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Lynn Morag says:

Interesting buildings - nice but not "great" shot - deleteme
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

wit says:

At last after three straight saveme votes A truely awful picture to slap a deleteme on. Thank you for saving me from becoming a "nice" person.
-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

drl. says:

a lot of extra stuff on the left side; rainbow kind of faint.

now that i read zoe´s comment, i´m going to say you can´t take a rainbow picture and have it not be of a rainbow.

voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

lawatt says:

awlays cool to see a double-rainbow, but it doesn't make a great photo here

voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

lounytoon says:

Was this taken last night? Everytime I don't have my camera with me, I miss something wonderful, like this!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Olivia Leigh says:

Yes m'am. I always tote around my little point and shoot digital, though I sometimes feel inhibited using it around the neighborhood. Moments like this, however, are worth a little unease.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Ellenvangeel says:

Good colours, but i do not like the cars in front of the building.
voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

dcJohn says:

great shot!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

... has left the building [deleted] says:

I like it! To me the second, double rainbow would be a very important part of the picture, but that might be because I like therainbow group a lot ;-)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Drift Words says:

A second rainbow IS faint, and sometimes undiscernable in life, so the croppers are asking for a comic-book unreality. voted "saveme" in Delete Me!
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

dooda says:

Rainbows are surprisingly hard to make effective photos for some reason. I've given up, but this one is much better than anyof mine.

deleteme
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Drift Words says:

Non-sequiter, dooda?
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Olivia Leigh says:

I was wondering the same.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

dooda says:

No. It's pretty good, but not a great photo. It is hard to make rainbow shots effective, eventhough we're so tempted to photograph them as soon as they pop up. As this one is much better than any of mine, all of mine are complete garbage so it isn't really saying much. Is that more clear?
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Drift Words says:

Only slightly. You seemed to be saying that you've given up so you don't see why anyone else shouldn't also. I think this captures the weird luminosity of a rainbow very well, as well as the evanescence of the second bow.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

dooda says:

No you're reading into it too much. If you can catch a great rainbow shot, somehow infuse it into a composition so that it blows my pants off, I'd love that and admire it, as I admire this photo. However I don't find the second bow evanescent at all, it's barely visable, and the primary rainbow is luminous as rainbows generally are obliged. One problem with rainbow pictures is that they are so flat. As everything else in the pictures has depth, the rainbow is this flat arc that you have no control over it's placement or perspective in the photo. This is why I have given up, and why yours doesn't make me jivetalk. I don't think it's impossible, but difficult. Please don't give up if you like taking them, but for me it's not worth it. Then again I'm always taking shots at night so that explains a little. Sorry this was so long.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

dingadingdang says:

sorry, don't like the composition
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Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Drift Words says:

It *is* evanescent, so there! It's barely visible image is exactly what you need, given that photos don't do time, for an evanescent thing, being:

"Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory."

Rock on Olivia!

I looked at the crops and they weren't as good. All these crop-merchants must be being charged by the pixel for using the net or something. If anything, I'd prefer a) all the cars, but mostly b) a bigger sky. Something like +10% on the bottom, +25% on the top and a bit out to the left if liked.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

localproduce [deleted] says:

This is fabulous.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

jiwasz says:

Rainbows are pretty to look at in person but so difficult to photograph well.

voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

teddymb says:

yeah ain't this true. the buildings are cut by the shadow. crop. wait for better light.

yeah i know this might take some time. the rainbow's gone? wait for another one to practise on

-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

dooda says:

Oops, I got confused with effervescent. Totally different. You must admit that the small rainbow is nOT effervescent. Give me this atleast.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Olivia Leigh says:

I just think I should clarify this photo some...I knew the rainbow would probably look like shite. It was pretty faint at the time, and yes, the second one was barely visible. My main point with this photo wasn't to take an amazing photo of a rainbow. There was no amazing rainbow of which to take a picture of. Honestly, the buildings looked the most gorgeous, or rather, the light on top of the buildings. The rainbow was just a sort of added bonus, that I felt should be included since, while it wasn't an amazing one, still is something of a rarity.

I appreciate critiques, but at the same time, I feel like many people were criticizing my photo for not being "an amazing rainbow shot." That was never the intention.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

teddymb says:

hey ollie, don't take this too serious

think you learnt a bit - like we do all - even from the stingy comments. and if you only learn not to take other's opinions toooo serious :)
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Olivia Leigh says:

oh, no no no. I completely understand and I am grateful for the critiques. I'm not offended or hurt by any of them.
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

swardraws says:

It looks like some kind of fantasy land with the light quality on the buildings. Cropped closer like StuartMoulder suggested would make it perfect. That puff of clouds behind the buildings is the cherry on top. Nice
Posted 57 months ago. ( permalink )

Cindynero says:

is like draw !
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

timoni says:

Very nice. It's really hard to get a shot of patterns in DC without the telephone poles/streetlights/anything else interfering.

I love DC for the great rainstorms that end at seven p.m.
Posted 56 months ago. ( permalink )

h2okatcher [deleted] says:

How do you like the neighborhood?! I'm contemplating getting a place in the District!
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

ctmgordo says:

nova sucks
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Autumm says:

We would love to see this photo and other eligibles in Flora Nature's 15th Contest: RAINBOWSContest ends August 19th
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

urbanbohemian says:

Gorgeous photo!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

jim_malone says:

flickr.com/groups/columbiaheightsdc/

the official Columbia Heights group could use your help.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr. T in DC says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Columbia Heights, DC, and to add to Iceman882's comment above, we'd love to have your photo added to the group. Great shot!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

patrickjoust says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ROWHOUSE, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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