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Ken Watkins
01-14-2011, 03:11 AM
Taken as sunset behind approaching storm Kwara concession Botswana, 31st December 2010,

EOS 1D MkIII

28-300mm at 135

F5.6, ISO 400, 1/3200, EV +0.33

Richard Lovison
01-14-2011, 07:28 AM
That is strange though beautiful. Has anyone given you an explanation for it?

Richard

Robert Amoruso
01-14-2011, 10:33 AM
You did a good job capturing that color Ken. A very impressive display.

Roman Kurywczak
01-14-2011, 02:22 PM
Hey Ken,
I've seen some color in the sky......but never like this and I'm not quite sure why????.....almost like a rainbow gone haywire! It makes an interesting comp as yo upresented it.....with the clouds and colors forming a nice comp. I might consider cleaning up the lower edge on the right a bit.....but very unusual and nicely done!

Andrew McLachlan
01-14-2011, 07:14 PM
Hi Ken, this is very cool. Looks like you were in the right spot at the right time!

Dave Mills
01-14-2011, 11:42 PM
Hi Ken, A different sky then most of us get a chance to see. I also like the flow of the image with the various colors adding greatly to it . The pano crop helps to zero in on the colors and adds strength to the image. Agree with Roman regarding the cleanup on the lower rt.

Ken Watkins
01-15-2011, 01:19 AM
Unfortunately I have no explanation for this I have never seen such a thing before, I can only assume it was a type of rainbow effect as the sun set through the approaching storm clouds.

Thanks to everybody for your kind comments and suggestions.

Daniel Cadieux
01-15-2011, 11:37 AM
Strange indeed...almost like a daylight aurora! The whispy clouda add alot of interest here.

Kaushik Balakumar
01-16-2011, 12:17 PM
Wow, I've never seen one like this before !
Amazing !
Initially I thought that this might be due to the circular polarizer but then when you mentioned that this is how you saw it, all I can say is that this is an amazing phenomena.
Thank you for sharing.

Roger Clark
01-16-2011, 08:56 PM
Ken,

I've seen this effect often, particularly in Colorado in the winter. It is apparently a diffraction and refraction effect in the ice crystals in the cirrus clouds. I've most often seen it in the late afternoon near (above) the sun, about 10-20 degrees from the sun. But I've rarely seen it this extensive (perhaps only once). I usually photograph it with a 500 mm lens, although going after smaller pieces.

Congratulations. It is indeed unusual, especially so large and intense.

Roger

Ken Watkins
01-18-2011, 03:43 AM
Roger,

Thanks for the explanation, which seems highly plausible as we later had a massive hail storm.