Rainbow's End

[churly]

Just a fun shot.  The pot of gold is always just over the next ridge.

Not so interested in critique on this one (although welcome) but I am wondering why the tonal change on the different sides of the bow.  This was shot with a polarizer so there may be a clue there.
Chuck

[Kevin Raber]

Had the same thing with a rainbow I did last week. Shot with a polarizer too.  I think it is showing more of the rainfall on one side vs. the other.

Kevin Raber

[stamper]

Just a fun shot.  The pot of gold is always just over the next ridge.

Not so interested in critique on this one (although welcome) but I am wondering why the tonal change on the different sides of the bow.  This was shot with a polarizer so there may be a clue there.
Chuck

Did you use a wide angle lens?

https://luminous-landscape.com/polarizers/

[spidermike]

I am wondering why the tonal change on the different sides of the bow.  This was shot with a polarizer so there may be a clue there.
Chuck

Nothing to do with polarisers. It is all about light bouncing around inside the raindrops and the amount of that light that emerges and eventually reaches our eye. The narrow angle at which this occurs makes it seem there is more light coming from inside the rainbow.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/ligsky.html
 

[churly]

Nothing to do with polarisers. It is all about light bouncing around inside the raindrops and the amount of that light that emerges and eventually reaches our eye. The narrow angle at which this occurs makes it seem there is more light coming from inside the rainbow.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/ligsky.html
 

Thanks sm.  Seems that the scattered light does the job.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Not so interested in critique on this one (although welcome) but I am wondering why the tonal change on the different sides of the bow.
Chuck

Chuck,

That is very nicely explained here -

http://youtu.be/6Hl7BLXq5vA

[churly]

Thanks for the link Rajan, 
This is a nice complete explanation and even discusses the polarization of the rainbow.

[stamper]

The "problem" is easily fixed in post processing so in reality it isn't a "problem"?