Nightjar has been hard at work on a project…
Ten months ago it occurred to me that doing an alphabet round based on colors could be a fun challenge. I was going through a difficult phase at the time and needed something to keep me distracted, so I had this idea of picking a color for each letter of the alphabet, trying to find it in nature and capturing it in a photo. Easier said than done, it turns out! For many letters there aren’t that many (or any) options available and some colors can be difficult to interpret and capture. I tried to stay away from silly color names and stick to the natural world as a source of inspiration. Those were the only rules. It was a fun and instructive exercise and I’m excited to finally share the results. I hope you enjoy it. But before we get to the letter A I thought I’d start with an introduction to the theme of colors in nature: a close-up of a rainbow!
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I wonder if your letter colours will match up with my letter colours at all! Looking forward to this series.
What a shot! That is a kneel down and pray to the gods of light and water kind of picture.
So looking forward to this series.
A while ago I read an article somewhere that said something along the lines of “next time you see a rainbow instead of reaching for your wide angle lens give your telephoto a chance”. I thought it was a good suggestion, especially considering the amount of power lines that would have ended up in this picture otherwise. This was taken at 500 mm.
This should be interesting, I am looking forward to it.
I’m looking forward to your series!
The rainbow shot is both gorgeous and a great way to start.
Love these natural spectroscopes. Great idea and looking forward to reading them.