After the Storm

After raining all day yesterday, the sky was broken as dawn crept across the landscape this morning.  Before the sun had the chance to crest the nearby mountain a double rainbow developed in the west perfectly framing a herd of whitetails feeding in the meadow.

A Bird and a Bow

Rainbow Pano

 

As the sky cleared after an evening thunder shower a beautiful double rainbow formed in the eastern sky.  The entire scene as too large to capture with my widest lens so I opted to photograph vertically in series and stitch it together in Photoshop.



Great-crested Flycatcher

 

While watching a meadow with Willard one evening he pointed out that a bird that may be of interest had landed behind me.  At first glance I though that it was a phoebe but flash of yellow on the breast brought me back for a second look.  I'm glad I did for this was only my second time identifying a great-crested flycatcher in the field.



Canon 6D, 600mm f4 L IS USM

While it doesn't qualify as a "lifer" this encounter did produce my best images to date of the species.