Sunset Rainbow

Last evening as I was closing the living room curtains, looking to the northeast, I spotted a beautiful rainbow. So, I went out on my deck, and low and behold, I could see both ends!

Rainbows are one of the many beautiful, magical elixirs Mother Nature shares. Sunlight passing through rain drops. Exquisitely simple yet complex!

One of the many things I have discovered living up here is the frequency of rainbows, especially in the spring and fall. But I have never had my camera along so I was determined to shoot this one.

Fellow photographers are curious as to how a photo was taken. Here is how I shot the picture:

Seeing how intense the rainbow was, I darted down the hall to get my camera.

Scurrying back into the living room, I got the lens cap off, opened the viewfinder, and turned the power on.

Zip! Dead battery!

I glanced out the window to make sure the rainbow was still visible. I darted down the hall to get another battery. Scurrying back into the living room, I swapped batteries and turned the power on.

Zip! Dead battery! Now I am panicking.

I glanced out the window to make sure the rainbow was still visible. I darted down the hall to get another battery. Scurrying back into the living room, I swapped batteries and turned the power on.

Zip! Dead battery! No more batteries.

My mind was racing for a solution. Then I remembered I had purchased a wall power adapter for the camera. But where was it? I had never used it before.

Finally, I found the connection on the camera and plugged into the adaptor. The camera sprang to life!

Problemento. I cannot reach my my deck. The power line is shy by about three feet!

I glanced out the window to make sure the rainbow was still visible. Gads! It is starting to fade! I darted down the hall to get an extension cord.
 

My companion, GingerSnap, sitting in her deck chair, witnessed all of this "darting and scurrying". She was obviously concerned about my state of my mind. "The mind of Robert has gone bye-bye!"

By the time I had a live camera, the rainbow was beginning to fade. I shot numerous hand held panoramic frames. I did not have time to scurry to my van to retrieve my tripod!

Stitching together the best of the best, I present you the final portrait of a "Sunset Rainbow."

And you know my technique for capturing it …