Photographer Josh Edgoose has always tried to capture “moments that feel a bit strange”. Until recently, photography was a hobby, and when lockdown first hit, he was limited to the area surrounding his home in Hounslow, London, for inspiration.
“We live under a flight path, so planes go by every 10 minutes or so,” Edgoose says. “This beautiful rainbow appeared and I went out hoping to capture it as one flew over. I knew I had only two or three shots before the rainbow faded. The bird was complete luck. There is even another one peeking out from behind the chimney pot.”
As he primarily shoots on a 28mm or 35mm wide-angle lens, he reached for his iPhone 13 to allow him to zoom in. While some have doubted the authenticity of the shot, it all came down to serendipitous timing. The only edits Edgoose made were to add contrast and warm the white balance.
“If you throw a brick in the air, it will land on a photographer. But people don’t realise the time and the years of practice and refinement it takes – probably because they don’t see the bad shots!” he says, adding that “there is definitely an element of luck at play, too. It doesn’t happen often, so it’s incredibly satisfying when it works out as well as this.”
