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Help with missing rainbow
Yesterday, after a day or more of constant rain, there appeared in front of
my house a very impressive double rainbow. I grabbed my camera to get a picture. When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed image). What happened? Camera: Sony A550 with 18-55mm f3.5-5.6. Post processing: Photoshop Elements 8. Image format: RAW. Given that I can see traces of the rainbow in the landscape mode shots, the information must be there, but I can't figure out the PE8 incantations necessary to bring it out. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. -- Tom Royer If you're not free to fail, you're not free. -- Gene Burns |
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Help with missing rainbow
On 10-11-09 15:08 , tcroyer wrote:
Yesterday, after a day or more of constant rain, there appeared in front of my house a very impressive double rainbow. I grabbed my camera to get a picture. When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed image). What happened? Camera: Sony A550 with 18-55mm f3.5-5.6. Post processing: Photoshop Elements 8. Image format: RAW. Given that I can see traces of the rainbow in the landscape mode shots, the information must be there, but I can't figure out the PE8 incantations necessary to bring it out. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. 1. post what you've got so far. 2. Did you over expose? 3. Rainbows come. 4. and rainbows go. -- gmail originated posts filtered due to spam. |
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Give this a try:
1. Be sure Layers panel is visible (Window Layers) 2. Click Layers Duplicate Layer (or click Ctrl + J) 3. Click the down arrow next to "Normal" in the blend mode drop-down 4a. Click "Multiply" 4b. Alternately, click "Overlay" 5a. If too dark or colorful, click down arrow by Opacity and adjust slider 5b. If not dark / vidid enough do step 2. again 6. When finished click Layers Merge Visible or Flatten (Shift + Ctrl + E) Let us know if this helps. Good luck! "tcroyer" wrote in message ... Yesterday, after a day or more of constant rain, there appeared in front of my house a very impressive double rainbow. I grabbed my camera to get a picture. When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed image). What happened? Camera: Sony A550 with 18-55mm f3.5-5.6. Post processing: Photoshop Elements 8. Image format: RAW. Given that I can see traces of the rainbow in the landscape mode shots, the information must be there, but I can't figure out the PE8 incantations necessary to bring it out. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. -- Tom Royer If you're not free to fail, you're not free. -- Gene Burns |
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Help with missing rainbow
"Giganews" wrote in message ... "tcroyer" wrote: (clip) When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed image). What happened? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When you say it disappeared in the *optical viewfinder,* do you mean a through the lens viewfinder, or a separate optical path liker on the old 35mm rangefinder cameras? If it was through the lens, my next question is, "were you using a polarizing filter?" Did you rotate the camera back to the portrait orientation to see whether the rainbow came back? I can't think of anything but a polarizer that could produce such an effect, and then only of you are viewing through the lens. I hope the three portrait shots were done in a mode for panoramic stitching. Using a polarizing filter would lessen a rainbow under certain circumstances. Hopefully he can stitch together the portraits. |
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"Giganews" wrote in message
... "tcroyer" wrote: (clip) When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed image). What happened? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When you say it disappeared in the *optical viewfinder,* do you mean a through the lens viewfinder, or a separate optical path liker on the old 35mm rangefinder cameras? If it was through the lens, my next question is, "were you using a polarizing filter?" Did you rotate the camera back to the portrait orientation to see whether the rainbow came back? I can't think of anything but a polarizer that could produce such an effect, and then only of you are viewing through the lens. I hope the three portrait shots were done in a mode for panoramic stitching. Bingo ! Call me an idiot (actually, you're too late, I already did). As soon as I read "polarizing filter", I knew what had had happened. Thanks for the inputs. Tom |
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On 11/9/2010 3:58 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
3. Rainbows come. 4. and rainbows go. and for only a short time do they show where they disappear to, does anybody know. but they do seem brighter when you've had some rum -- Peter |
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tcroyer wrote:
wrote in message ... "tcroyer" wrote: (clip) When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed image). What happened? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When you say it disappeared in the *optical viewfinder,* do you mean a through the lens viewfinder, or a separate optical path liker on the old 35mm rangefinder cameras? If it was through the lens, my next question is, "were you using a polarizing filter?" Did you rotate the camera back to the portrait orientation to see whether the rainbow came back? I can't think of anything but a polarizer that could produce such an effect, and then only of you are viewing through the lens. I hope the three portrait shots were done in a mode for panoramic stitching. Bingo ! Call me an idiot (actually, you're too late, I already did). As soon as I read "polarizing filter", I knew what had had happened. Could I get a little more explanation of this effect? I don't understand how polarizers effected a rainbow... |
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Paul Furman wrote:
Call me an idiot (actually, you're too late, I already did). As soon as I read "polarizing filter", I knew what had had happened. Could I get a little more explanation of this effect? I don't understand how polarizers effected a rainbow... Presumably the light diffracted by a rainbow is polarised. -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk |
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Help with missing rainbow
"tcroyer" wrote: (clip) When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed image). What happened? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When you say it disappeared in the *optical viewfinder,* do you mean a through the lens viewfinder, or a separate optical path liker on the old 35mm rangefinder cameras? If it was through the lens, my next question is, "were you using a polarizing filter?" Did you rotate the camera back to the portrait orientation to see whether the rainbow came back? I can't think of anything but a polarizer that could produce such an effect, and then only of you are viewing through the lens. I hope the three portrait shots were done in a mode for panoramic stitching. |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:19:11 -0500, "tcroyer" wrote:
: "Giganews" wrote in message : ... : : : "tcroyer" wrote: (clip) When using portrait orientation, I got three : really good shots, but when I : changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the : optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed : image). : : What happened? : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : When you say it disappeared in the *optical viewfinder,* do you mean a : through the lens viewfinder, or a separate optical path liker on the old : 35mm rangefinder cameras? If it was through the lens, my next question : is, "were you using a polarizing filter?" Did you rotate the camera back : to the portrait orientation to see whether the rainbow came back? I can't : think of anything but a polarizer that could produce such an effect, and : then only of you are viewing through the lens. : : I hope the three portrait shots were done in a mode for panoramic : stitching. : : : Bingo ! : : Call me an idiot (actually, you're too late, I already did). As soon as I : read "polarizing filter", I knew what had had happened. I guess the takeaway from this story is, "At the end of a shoot, when you return your camera to grabshot settings, be sure to remove the polarizer!" ;^) Bob |
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