JPG Magazine: Photos: "Nature's Palette" by Chua Siew Peng

Nature's Palette

By Chua Siew Peng

On 13 December 2007

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A totally natural pnenomenon that I happen to encounter on a photography cycling trip in Pulau Ubin, a small island 1/2 hr boat ride from the Mainland Singapore. We were renting the bikes when we hear a commotion"
look at they sky". We lift our heads & this is what we saw, an amazing sight that we have not seen before in our life, nor, I think that we would ever see it again. The rainbow formation behind the clouds were so beautiful & heavenly that all of us couldn't take our eyes away (but we didn't forget to take up our cameras to keep shooting, trying to record this wonderful phenonmenon), the villagers there, esp the children were so delighted with this sight. But this sight did not stay long. Not long after , rain comes & become heavy downpour, the sight also gone. I was told that this are "The ice crystals at the top of the cumulonimbus cloud, diffracting the light into the colors of the rainbow! That is a phenomenon that we see with "sundogs," but not usually with the cirrus tops of big thunderstorms--but the backlighting makes it possible and thus credible".
I would say that I was lucky to be there at the right place at the right time.

30 Responses

On 13 December 2007 Matteo Kavvalakis said:
Erm... ok before I go all WOW (!?!?!?!) please...
EXPLAIN!
;)
On 13 December 2007 Christopher Greenwood said:
Run away!!
On 13 December 2007 Chua Siew Peng said:
Hi Matteo, You can read my explanation above for this natural phenonmenon. Exactly why this happen, we also don't know. But then who can tell about the wonders of nature? Thanks for popping by.
On 13 December 2007 Rachel McKinnie gave props:
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How lucky you are. Great capture.
On 14 December 2007 Paul Lavallee gave props:
i think i would be very scared if i saw this in the sky
On 15 December 2007 Ted Lamb said:
thats beautiful..nice shot.
On 15 December 2007 Howard Seelig gave props:
AMAZING photo!!! What did you say to the aliens, when they landed?
On 16 December 2007 Eric Sayah gave props:
Spectacular!!! Thanks for explaining what was happening there! Perfect entry - my vote
On 19 December 2007 Destiny Curl said:
this is amazing! great shot! u have my vote!
On 19 December 2007 lisa sweet said:
What a gorgeous moment captured! And thank you for explaining that was great to read =)
On 27 December 2007 Kimberly Moseley said:
pretty amazing
On 28 December 2007 Cio Alvarado said:
This is outstanding! You were blessed to see such a great occurance, and We're blessed, cause you were able to capture it! Great Job!
On 2 January 2008 Alvarez Sal gave props:
Exelent, beautiful shot!
On 2 January 2008 Lisa Spencer gave props:
Great capture!
On 4 January 2008 Katy Powell gave props:
Insanely Awesome!!!!! Love it!
On 9 January 2008 Antje Woolum gave props:
Amazing!
On 11 January 2008 Curt Messer said:
Its one of those PHOTOGRAPHS that you wish you had made.....out of this world....Great...
What was the camera??
On 11 January 2008 Chua Siew Peng said:
Thanks Curt. I was using Sony 828 for this picture.
On 13 January 2008 Alexis Gerard gave props:
What an amazing sight...you most definitely have my vote
On 18 January 2008 Pavel Matousek said:
nice phenomenon...but think its too much touched in software...
On 25 January 2008 Chua Siew Peng said:
Pavel, there is no software touch at all. The phenonmena photographed here is alll natural.
On 26 January 2008 Richard Hall gave props:
Fantastic shot. Got my vote too. I really like the way the dark trees support and frame the clouds.
On 4 February 2008 Jessica Kuligowski gave props:
Gorgeous!
On 8 February 2008 Mandolin Davis gave props:
absolutely stunning.
On 13 February 2008 Anthony Neste said:
I had to vove for this (and against myself).
On 10 March 2008 Mario Scattoloni gave props:
Unbelievable Sky, fantastic foto.
On 14 March 2008 gabriel mcgrath said:
un-real, another great great pic
On 18 April 2008 Kandi Champagne Cook gave props:
wow!
On 5 May 2008 Ken McElroy gave props:
Dumbstruck by this image. Thank you for the capture so we know it is real.
On 21 May 2008 emre yıl said:
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