May Showers

So you heard of the saying “April showers bring May Flowers”.  In New Bern on May 1st, May showers brought gorgeous and awesome rainbows.

I used my Nikon D7500 with the Nikon DX AF-S NIkkor 55-300mm | 4.5-5.6 G ED VR lens.  They were calling for evening showers, but I thought I would take a chances.  My original thought was to photograph the sunset from Cunningham Bridge in New Bern, but when I looked toward the east, I show gorgeous rainbow.  So, what does it mean when you see a double rainbow?

A double rainbow is considered a symbol of transformation and is a sign of good fortune in eastern cultures. The first arc represents the material world, and the second arc signifies the spiritual realm and with covid-19 I need all the spiritual realm I can get.

Before the sunset, the rainbow were as follow:

Taken on May 1 at 19:43 Shutter Speed: 1/40 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 062 Focal Length: 62

Taken on May 1 at 19:36 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 062 Focal Length: 55

Taken on May 1 at 19:36 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 062 Focal Length: 55

Taken on May 1 at 19:31 Shutter Speed: 1/80 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 062 Focal Length: 85

Sunset over the Trent River.

Taken on May 1 at 19:50 Shutter Speed: 1/125 Aperture: f/8 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 55

Taken on May 1 at 19:43 Shutter Speed: 1/500 Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 062 Focal Length: 62

After the sunset, there were more red in the rainbow:

Taken on May 1 at 19:55 Shutter Speed: 1/8 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 55

Taken on May 1 at 19:55 Shutter Speed: 1/8 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 78

Taken on May 1 at 19:53 Shutter Speed: 1/8 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 78

And at Dust:

Taken on May 1 at 20:11 Shutter Speed: 1/4 Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 62

Taken on May 1 at 20:10 Shutter Speed: 1/250 Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 250 Focal Length: 300