“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” – John Ruskin
The Daily Post photo challenge this week is “Forces of Nature” in which we are encouraged to share a force of nature from our corner of the world. “It can be something as large as the Grand Canyon, or as small as the tiny seedling steadily breaking is way through the concrete in your driveway.”
I so love taking photos of nature in all its beauty, from the sunset and waves crashing against the sea wall in Lyme Regis as in my top photo to
the beautiful frosty grass and sunrays shining down on an early morning stroll in the park.
Then there are upside-down rainbows which are a rare phenomenon caused by refraction of sunlight through horizontally-oriented ice crystals. This usually occurs in cirrus stratus clouds rather than raindrops on cold days as well as
beautiful double rainbows.
To me when leaves fall to the ground the beauty does not end as can be seen above, even in decay when seen close up through a macro lens, the skeleton can look so beautiful – like golden lace.
Johnson John said:
For me its a true OMG moment where God was not called in vain cuz I never even knew or thought that there can be tilted rainbows in reality. Thnx.
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Karen said:
I was surprised too! I had to look it up when we returned home, as if I hadn’t snapped this shot with my iphone I would have thought I had imagined it!
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aayusi said:
Gosh its so amazing! My favorite is the upside down rainbow! And yep, thanks for explaining the science behind it! Its stunningly gorgeous! Every one of the pictures.
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Karen said:
Thank you so much, it is mine too, mainly I think as I had never heard of them before. So glad I captured it, even if it was not with my DSLR.
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aayusi said:
Yep ! It was a winning shot 😀
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Johnson John said:
Oh yeah I would be 1 level dumber had Karen not explained the science behind the tilted rainbows. Thank you thank you!
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aayusi said:
Yep lol ! I can now flaunt this knowledge :3 since we are doing spectrums in class this week lol!
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cynthiamvoss said:
Never heard of the upside down rainbows before, that’s interesting! I love all these shots, especially the rainbows and leaf structure.
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Karen said:
Thank you so much Cynthia 🙂
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Anabel Marsh said:
Love the Cobb picture.
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Karen said:
Thank you Anabel, glad you liked it, it truly is a beautiful place to visit. 🙂
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deepcallstodeep15roc said:
Hey, Karen, I am simply knocked over by your photo of the Golden Leaf. It looks as if it IS made of gold, so delicate yet sturdy. Thanks for opening my eyes again today! –roc,sj
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Karen said:
Thank you, it really surprised me that even in decay there still can be beauty if you look for it 🙂
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Merry Hearts Medicine said:
Great photos.
I love the tone/color of the first one.
The rainbows look great, and the educational info was nice. I remember seeing a triple rainbow once in my life while driving through the Arizona desert. I know at least one of the rainbows was reversed like your photo shows.
The lighting and focus on the leaf skeleton is fabulous.
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Karen said:
Thank you. Wow a triple rainbow, now that I have never seen, must have been a great sight to see! 🌈
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Merry Hearts Medicine said:
It was! It stretched across the open desert from one horizon to the other & looked like we were eventually going to drive through a strange, giant gateway.
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Johnson John said:
Reblogged this on Realists Inc. and commented:
Reblog Comments: This is one of my favourite ones from blogger pal Karen. Thanks.
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angelaseager said:
I agree with deepcallstodeep15roc above, I love the beauty in decay…Great post!
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Karen said:
Thank you Angela, it is great what you can find if you take the time to look a little closer 🙂
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authorbarbara said:
Beautiful photography. Love all of them, but my favourite is the decaying leaf. As you said, there is beauty in every aspect of nature, we just have to look.
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Karen said:
Thank you so much 😊
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