Previous posts have talked about my lack of diligence in seating the memory card properly in my camera, before heading off for a photo shoot. No episode was worse than that on July 19, 2020, when I learned of the perfect rainbow photo shot opportunity right in my own home city. I grabbed my camera, jumped in the car and headed to the center of town to grab the perfect rainbow shot over our historic 100 year old St. Vital Church. I snapped away from different angles, quite proud of the shots I thought I was getting. Imagine my shock when I got home to review my shots of………….nothing. Here are the only shots I got from the upstairs window, not a patch on what I thought I had.
These shots were taken July 19, 2020.
The shot below NOT taken by me, was taken August 24, 2020, but shows similar shots to what I thought I had. If I knew who took this one, I would give them credit here.

I also did not get this shot last night, because I was out in my front street shooting the shots below. Guess I should have driven downtown, but, was too mesmerized by the skies just outside my front door. Here is what I captured of the rainbow on August 24, 2020. I will have a future post on Sky on Fire.



lovely rainbow 🥰 una foto preciosa 💪
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Thank you and thanks for stopping by. Allan
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Beautiful!
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Thanks Lori and thank you for reading. Allan
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The view from St Vital church is really amazing, I understand the desire to replicate the photo, next time will be the right one.
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Hard to believe there were two opportunities to get this shot and I did not get either, but when you see tomorrow’s post, you will understand why I stayed close to home. Thanks for reading. Allan
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Some stellar rainbow captures! Bummer about the card. Live and learn hey
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Thanks Bernie. I guess, Live and Learn takes three tries at my age. It has not happened since. Thanks for reading. Allan
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Rainbows are such a joy to capture but I haven’t seen one for a very very long time now. As we all know, a number of events have to happen at the same time. While there’s always plenty of moisture in the air in Ireland, there’s no sun that can reflect and refract off the water droplets in the sky. Your photos look absolutely amazing, Allan. Thanks for sharing and have a good day. And while I’m at it – Happy First day of fall. Today is the Autumn Equinox and here’s to changing colours and amazing photo opportunities 🍂🍁🍂Aiva
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With your positive attitude, Aiva, you will always have a rainbow with your Irish showers. Typically, we do not see the rainbows here either, but twice this summer, the rain showers and late afternoon sun lined up. Absolutely gorgeous. Happy fall to you, as well. Hope your showers stop long enough for you to enjoy the fall colours. Thanks for reading and commenting Aiva. Allan
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Wonderful ❤️🌈
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Thanks and thank you for stopping by. Allan
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Beautiful rainbow pics! I never found easy capturing rainbows with my camera.
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It is difficult to capture something made of reflected light for sure. Cameras act strangely when trying to focus on light in a grey reflective sky. I was very luck (even though it started with bad luck) on this day. Thanks for reading and commenting Blanca. Allan
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Lovely photos! One solution is to have two memory cards, as soon as you remove one, pop the other straight in 🙂
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That would not have worked here. It appears I have clumsy fingers and sometimes after I charge the battery, I bump the card putting the battery back in. Diligence is the solution, but yes, I do carry spare cards and batteries as needed. Thanks for reading. Allan
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Ugh, what a bummer to realize that none of your pictures were saved. I had that happen to me earlier this summer when my phone died and I lost a bunch of pictures before I could download them to my laptop or connect to wifi to save to the cloud. Glad you were able to capture some shots of the rainbow from your upstairs window though. These turned out really nicely.
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The lost photos almost took me back to the old days of film, where you had to wait and wonder until it came back from the developer to see if you had any good shots. Thanks for reading and commenting. Allan
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I love rainbows and those are amazing photos of them!
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Thanks Ann. These were a gift, for sure. Thanks for reading. Allan
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Thanks for sharing the promise of a better tomorrow!
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Thanks for your kind words. When the black clouds gather, we all need to look for the rainbow, instead of the downpour. Thanks for reading. Hope all is well with you. Allan
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