Water in the Air

Rainbow at Grand Canyon

The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: how we all love to capture it in a photo. We were returning from a full day at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon late one September afternoon when I looked out the side window and saw this glorious rainbow diving into the trees.

I had to take this shot through the window of a moving van, so I had to work quickly. I made sure the camera was on the fastest setting – on most point and shoot cameras, that is the sports or animal icon. I aimed the camera at the grey sky to get a reasonable light reading and kept the sun behind me to accentuate the colors in the trees. Fortunately, the sun was behind the shot and the whole thing worked. Sometimes, you just need to go for it.