Rainbows
There is gold at the end of some rainbows. Gold
beyond imaginings.
But there are dragons as well. You cannot kill a dragon. You cannot resist the touch of a dragon’s smile, eyes or words. You should resist it with every ounce of your being. But in the end, all you can do is not become one.
Comments
Two observations can be made. It is easy to determine which 'double' rainbow shots are fake. Secondly, the mechanic by which this occurs is not rare - it happens most times. However, it is relatively seldom that an observer is in a position where they can observe the second rainbow - let alone a full sky rainbow.
Discontinuities and anomalies are commonplace in these type of shots - in older cameras this is exacerbated by lens errors, but more frequently it is caused by raindrops appearing at white line noise.
A little like a human being reflected by a mirror - the second image strength is dependent on the light falling on the original. but it will still be a mirror reflection. Any injury or defect in the original may be magnified in the copy.
As for myself, I have fallen a couple of times in the field recently, re-tearing the injury that killed me briefly a year ago. That this copy of myself is less tangible is probably simply a sign of impermanence.
Cheers mate