[LargeFormat] Re: rainbows, was R O Y G B I V
Alan Davenport
largeformat@f32.net
Thu Dec 11 19:01:52 2003
At 11:47 AM 12/11/2003, you wrote:
>A slow shutter speed allows the water molecules to run away (turn),
>thereby loosing their contribution to the color.
Are you serious? Hmmm. My understanding of the physics of rainbows, is
that the bow is produced by internal reflections and refraction through
water droplets, i.e., rain. I doubt if the fastest shutter could keep up
with motion at the molecular level...