Project 365 d-200

     At a softball game tonight out of town and I managed to sneak off to squeeze off a few frames. It had been raining earlier, but cleared enough to get out my camera and head down the road. At first, a crop duster had caught my attention, and I got out my long lens to try and catch him. As it turns out, he was too fast for me and my fumbling through my gear. Still, down the road it appeared that he was working an area of the field that I could follow him to. So, taking my youngest with me we headed down the road to explore and hopefully get closer to that plane for a daily photograph.

     The unfamiliar, dusty road we took lead us right by the fair grounds and I turned into the driveway of a seemingly abandoned old house. Suddenly, the crop duster lost my interest as I got out to get a better look at the house. Off to the right were two small buildings at the edge of a field. The clouds were huge and helped create a very dramatic sky over the field. Tucked away in the far right corner was the smallest hint of a rainbow and I quickly pointed it out to my daughter. "Ohhhhhhh", she said. Her response was near what I expected. "Too bad I wasn't down here earlier", I thought. "It may have been much bigger just a little while ago", I said to myself. Still, it's there now and I got moving on setting up my tripod before it slipped away entirely. It doesn't show up that well in this photo, but over all it still adds to it. What can you do? This project has taught me that you never know what you will see, and you don't always see everything in its entirety. Being ready is the key. Always be looking for magic and anticipate it if you can. Today I was just fortunate to catch a glimpse of God's covenant in the sky, and part of a rainbow is better than none at all right?

Happy Shooting.