The things you see when you are walking home…

Before this was taken, I think I had only ever seen a double rainbow once in my life: it happened to be when we were driving somewhere in Queensland, Australia. At the time, I was so excited I actually pulled off the highway and went driving around some neigbourhood chasing the rainbow against it’s ominous grey backdrop.

Anyway, on the way home the other day, LY and I both stopped in our tracks at the exact same second, turned to one another and exclaimed: “double rainbow!!” Fortunately, I had my camera with me, but, at that very moment, this flash went through my mind of the decision I’d made before I’d left the house: holding my ultra wide angle in my hand and debating whether or not to throw it in my bag, I chose not to because I didn’t feel like carrying an extra lens that afternoon.

Stuck with just the 30mm on a crop sensor, I briefly regretted the choice as the rainbow loomed overhead, but I’ve recently been in this mode of carrying just one lens and accepting the limitations it will bring. It’s actually quite liberating knowing and accepting that you’re just not going to get certain shots and that’s that.

So, there you have it – would’ve been a much different shot if I’d had the luxury of 11mm, but I actually kind of like the feel of this one.

[For the technically inclined: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 @ 1.4, ISO 200, 3 exposures hand-held and then tonemapped with Photomatix]
[For the non-technically inclined: I pressed the black button on the top three times and then layered the 3 photos digitally]