In early June 2010, I had gone to Fort Sewall in the hopes of shooting the sailboats as they got into the harbor.  Initially, I was quite disappointed as the heavy cloud cover made for very flat light.  At around 6pm, a storm developed just past Childrens Island.  The boats were really moving in the winds that came with the sudden inclement weather.

Just as the storm passed and the boats moved across Childrens Island, the sun finally popped through the cloud cover.  With the heavy rain that you see in the background and the setting sunset light, an incredibly vibrant rainbow developed over the island.  This scene existed for less than five seconds with the boats lined up, the torrential rains in the distance and the amazing rainbow in just the right spot.  I was thrilled to have captured the scene.

When I returned home, I started what would become a year long attempt to properly process the photo that I captured.  The scene had such an incredible dynamic range and so many colors competing against each other that I found myself increasingly frustrated with each failed attempt.  last month, I had a breakthrough and finally was able to recreate the scene as it existed for those briefest of moments on that early Summer day.