24 Inspirational Rainbow Photographs That Pop Out of the Page

By Light Stalking on 6 Sep 2009 in Cool Photos, Featured[ 19 Comments ]

Photographing rainbows presents all types of challenges to a photographer. With the varying lighting conditions that they generally appear in, it’s difficult to generalize about how to do it. However, we think these great photographers got it almost spot on. Check out this collection of fantastic rainbow photographs that really pop out of the page. As always, check out the resource links at the end of the article to get more information on photographing rainbows!

Arco-Íris by LiebeDich.

You are the str**zo of my life, she said to him by Massimo.

Pot of Gold? by Chantal Steyn.

Bows by Nicholas_T.

Rainbow by Gino Carrier.

Wishing by Omarrun.

Rainbow Valley by Rwangsa.

The Spot to dig :-) by Georgie Sharp.

Searching for the pot of gold by Keith Marshall.

Rainbow in Maspalomas by J.F. Marrero.

Umbrella… shadow… rainbow… field of wheat… by Bern@t.

Unbelievable by angelocesare.

Ben Lomond’s Reward by Ewanr.

Fall in Þórmörk by orvaratli.

Rainbow Castle by saturn ♄.

nowhere’s arch by vpjl.

Never without my G9 by __Olga__.

Touched by andywon.

Rainbow in Harney County by lyzadanger.

Long forgotten war. by klareralt.

we didn’t found the pot with gold. by jonas_k.

ShipofGoldRainbow.jpg by Ambitious Wench.

A wee bit o’ gold by Cat Faery Shari.

Yering Station by Vern Norrgard.

Resources on How to Photograph a Rainbow

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September 6, 2009 at 8:17 pmReply
Richard Peters:

What an incredible set of photo’s!! Hats off to the respective photographers!!

September 7, 2009 at 3:53 amReply
- LightStalking:
  
  Glad you enjoyed them Richard! Thanks for stopping by. :)
  
  September 7, 2009 at 4:29 pmReply
Robin Easton:

Simply magnificent and awe inspiring. They represent everything good, magical and healing in the world. Great photos. Love your site and am going to add you to favorites on twitter. Thank you SO much. Robin Easton.

September 7, 2009 at 8:09 pmReply
kelli bricker:

gorgeous photos!!!

September 7, 2009 at 8:34 pmReply
Aislinn O'Connor:

Magnificent… really admire that skill and artistry that have gone into producing these!!

September 8, 2009 at 5:21 amReply
E. Howe:

What a surprise to find my Ship of Gold image of Half Dome here! Lovely images all, it’s nice to know I’m in good company.

Have a wonderful day!
Edie/Ambitious Wench

September 8, 2009 at 7:39 amReply
- LightStalking:
  
  It’s a great image Edie! Thanks for sharing it via Creative Commons! :)
  
  September 8, 2009 at 1:54 pmReply
Marilyn Kvasnok:

Thanks for the great rainbow photos. Rainbows are very special to me so I love seeing them – For real and in pictures. I wrote my rainbow story on my blog: http://bit.ly/26R0N . I’ve changed the header since I wrote this, but the story is etched in my heart.

~Marilyn

October 5, 2009 at 8:13 pmReply
Henrik:

Stunning beautiful images. Congratulations to all the photographers. Awesome work!

October 25, 2009 at 6:01 amReply
arjun:

just perfecr fotos…hope i’ll get a slr soon :(

December 28, 2009 at 6:29 pmReply
SEUSS:

You were absolutely right about these photos lifting your spirits!! Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.

January 4, 2010 at 8:29 amReply
- LightStalking:
  
  Glad you enjoyed them Seuss!
  
  January 4, 2010 at 7:02 pmReply
Robin Easton:

Simply magnificent and awe inspiring. They represent everything good, magical and healing in the world. Great photos. Love your site and am going to add you to favorites on twitter. Thank you SO much. Robin Easton.

January 5, 2010 at 3:17 pmReply
Sylvia Perez:

If you are ever down, these are, for sure, genuine uplifters!!!!

March 31, 2010 at 6:45 pmReply
George Lourake:

You want Rainbow pictures? Go to my facebook home page!!

April 10, 2010 at 11:28 pmReply
George Lourake:

http://www.intheprism.com You can only make these pictures with a rainbow!!

April 10, 2010 at 11:34 pmReply
Azeanna "ppiink" S.:

amazing photos… i cant explained it, but after viewing these pics..It is reminding me of my early childhood days. the simplicity of innocence. the freedom.

Superb collection..

Rgds,
Azeanna (+follow me at twitter.com/ppiink)

June 5, 2010 at 8:51 amReply
Federica:

Loving all the double rainbows in the grey clouds! Here’s mine :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiccagerber/4759798042/

July 15, 2010 at 7:37 pmReply