Somewhere Over the Rainbow
I nearly didn't get this shot. As I was shooting the sheep on the hillside it started to rain. I quickly made my way back to the car and got behind the wheel. And it struck me. Out of the corner of my eye this rainbow appeared right within the very field itself. I've seen lots of rainbows in the sky (covering quite a large area), but never a compact rainbow that you can fit literally inside a football field.
So out came the camera as I rushed to get the shot, knowing that such a phenomenon could not last long. Marjorie was delighted too. She immediately thought of her mother. Doris Baylis' favourite song was "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and we played it at her funeral.
I am also aware of several John Glover paintings of rainbows too, and there's one he made just up the road in 1832: "Patterdale landscape with rainbow"
cs.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?irn=63905
And one of a double rainbow he made in England too: "Landscape with Rainbow and Cattle" www.artnet.com/artists/john-glover/landscape-with-rainbow...
And I realise Glover had the same concerns about needing to capture the image quickly as this title suggests: "A Rainbow painted from Nature while the effect lasted" www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1963-0209-1
Both these last two Glover's are double rainbows. And if you look closely at my photograph you will see there is in fact two rainbows here too. The upper one is not so bright, but it is thicker and can be seen best in the top left hand corner.
So a double blessing. Doris Baylis would have been pleased, and Marjorie felt her presence as we stood and watching in awe. It's fitting then I leave you with Judy Garland's magnificent performance of the song in "The Wizard of Oz", as we gaze on a rainbow in an emerald green field in the Land of Oz (Australia).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
I nearly didn't get this shot. As I was shooting the sheep on the hillside it started to rain. I quickly made my way back to the car and got behind the wheel. And it struck me. Out of the corner of my eye this rainbow appeared right within the very field itself. I've seen lots of rainbows in the sky (covering quite a large area), but never a compact rainbow that you can fit literally inside a football field.
So out came the camera as I rushed to get the shot, knowing that such a phenomenon could not last long. Marjorie was delighted too. She immediately thought of her mother. Doris Baylis' favourite song was "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and we played it at her funeral.
I am also aware of several John Glover paintings of rainbows too, and there's one he made just up the road in 1832: "Patterdale landscape with rainbow"
cs.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?irn=63905
And one of a double rainbow he made in England too: "Landscape with Rainbow and Cattle" www.artnet.com/artists/john-glover/landscape-with-rainbow...
And I realise Glover had the same concerns about needing to capture the image quickly as this title suggests: "A Rainbow painted from Nature while the effect lasted" www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1963-0209-1
Both these last two Glover's are double rainbows. And if you look closely at my photograph you will see there is in fact two rainbows here too. The upper one is not so bright, but it is thicker and can be seen best in the top left hand corner.
So a double blessing. Doris Baylis would have been pleased, and Marjorie felt her presence as we stood and watching in awe. It's fitting then I leave you with Judy Garland's magnificent performance of the song in "The Wizard of Oz", as we gaze on a rainbow in an emerald green field in the Land of Oz (Australia).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU