The Rainbow Over Oban

A trip up to McCaigs Tower in Oban, Scotland, (during my July trip) saw an unexpected find of a brilliant rainbow over the Oban Bay. As the rainbow changed in intensity with the ever-changing lighting, I kept snapping away and bracketing exposures in the hope of capturing the rainbow at the correct intensity and exposure.

The result you see here is a combination of exposure, as well as post-processing with CaptureONE SLR Rebel Edition and further gradient-masked level adjustment in Photoshop to bring out the dramatic and brilliant colours of the rainbow. I like the juxtaposition of the different land areas from near to far as well as the dark and forbiding-looking mountains in the distance. This gives a sense of depth and perspective to the overall composition of the shot.