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Touring northern New South Wales before crossing the border a few days later to do the Asylum 3 shoot, ~kimba8 and I had just exited the thick canopy in Border Ranges National Park. Kim asks to stop the car to take a few shots of some cows on the side of the road.

Near sunset, Kim yells out rainbow (cos I was still sitting in the car)and I have a look out the window and see it. I think cool, so I grabbed the only camera I had handy (a Canon S95 point n shoot) and jump out. Over the next minute some dark clouds quickly rolled overhead and it began to gently rain on us.

Suddenly a once in a lifetime scene develops. The sun behind us is streaming through a hole in the clouds and the entire scene starts to glow. The rainbow then gets brighter and becomes the most intense full (half-circle) rainbow we have ever seen. Not only that but one end was only about 100m away. A second weaker rainbow forms above it.

I frantically tried to catch it with the S95 but soon realized I could only fit about a third of the full scene cos I needed a wide angle. So I snapped this one and a few other shots then went scrambling into the boot of my car for my Canon 5dII and put on my 17-40mm L lens....

Sadly the scene did not last long enough to get a good shot with the 5dII. It only really lasted less than one minute.

Afterwards we drove away in silence, in awe of what we had just experienced (despite missing a good photo!).

Another shot of this scene taken on the 5dII...

Description
Touring northern New South Wales before crossing the border a few days later to do the Asylum 3 shoot, ~kimba8 and I had just exited the thick canopy in Border Ranges National Park. Kim asks to stop the car to take a few shots of some cows on the side of the road.

Near sunset, Kim yells out rainbow (cos I was still sitting in the car)and I have a look out the window and see it. I think cool, so I grabbed the only camera I had handy (a Canon S95 point n shoot) and jump out. Over the next minute some dark clouds quickly rolled overhead and it began to gently rain on us.

Suddenly a once in a lifetime scene develops. The sun behind us is streaming through a hole in the clouds and the entire scene starts to glow. The rainbow then gets brighter and becomes the most intense full (half-circle) rainbow we have ever seen. Not only that but one end was only about 100m away. A second weaker rainbow forms above it.

I frantically tried to catch it with the S95 but soon realized I could only fit about a third of the full scene cos I needed a wide angle. So I snapped this one and a few other shots then went scrambling into the boot of my car for my Canon 5dII and put on my 17-40mm L lens....

Sadly the scene did not last long enough to get a good shot with the 5dII. It only really lasted less than one minute.

Afterwards we drove away in silence, in awe of what we had just experienced (despite missing a good photo!).

Another shot of this scene taken on the 5dII...