Any tips for enhancing rainbows?

Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
(Ray Fischer) wrote:
ray wrote:
Ted Nolan tednolan wrote:
Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?


Have you tried a polarizing filter?

Won't work. Polarizing filters improve sky contrast when the camera
is aimed at roughly 90 degrees from the sun. Rainbows always happen
opposite the sun.

A rainbow has polarization so a polarization filter does have an
influence.

The orientation of the polarization is tangential to the arch of the
rainbow. Unless you're shooting just a small part of the rainbow a
polarizing filter is not going to do anything very useful.

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Ray Fischer

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Mike Russell wrote:
On 30 Jun 2010 07:08:42 GMT, Ted Nolan tednolan wrote:

I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
impressive than it did to my naked eye.

For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

but looked much better in real life.

Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

Here's one I did with curves in Photoshop, using Lab mode and layer
blending:
http://mike.russell-home.net/tmp/rai...20927-lab1.jpg

The basic problem is an orange cast, and lack of contrast and saturation.

This is an interesting example that, only with your permission, I'd like to
make available to my forum for experimentation.
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Sure, have at it!

And thanks.

Ted
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John McWilliams wrote:
Ted Nolan tednolan wrote:
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John Navas wrote:
On 30 Jun 2010 07:08:42 GMT, in ,
(Ted Nolan tednolan) wrote:

I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
impressive than it did to my naked eye.

For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

but looked much better in real life.

Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?
1. Adjust levels
2. Correct color
3. Increase saturation

http://i48.tinypic.com/2k11fk.jpg


Oh, very nice!

Thanks

yes, good on the colors, but how 'bout that stack?? Quite some
distortion, unless it's about to fall down.

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John McWilliams

Probably perspective and some lens distortion (the LX3 .rw2 files don't
correct for that). *That* I figure I can fix.

Ted
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Ted Nolan tednolan tednolan wrote:
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Mike Russell wrote:
On 30 Jun 2010 07:08:42 GMT, Ted Nolan tednolan wrote:

I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
impressive than it did to my naked eye.

For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

but looked much better in real life.

Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

Here's one I did with curves in Photoshop, using Lab mode and layer
blending:
http://mike.russell-home.net/tmp/rai...20927-lab1.jpg

The basic problem is an orange cast, and lack of contrast and saturation.

This is an interesting example that, only with your permission, I'd like to
make available to my forum for experimentation.
--
Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com

Sure, have at it!

And thanks.

Ted

Oh, and here's

http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.rw2

the 'raw' file if that adds anything.


Ted
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John Navas wrote:
On 30 Jun 2010 07:08:42 GMT, in ,
(Ted Nolan tednolan) wrote:

I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
impressive than it did to my naked eye.

For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

but looked much better in real life.

Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

So which one is truest to your memory and/or taste?

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Best regards,
John


That's a hard question. I think every one of them is an improvement on
the original.

In the end, I think the three best were Robert Spanjaard's, Mike Russell's
and SneakyP's.

If I had to pick one, I think it would be Mike Russell's p1120927-lab1
for best overall combination of rainbow plus twilight setting.
It's a near thing though.

Thanks everyone!

Ted
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On 7 Jul 2010 22:27:08 GMT, (Ted Nolan tednolan)
wrote:

In article ,
John Navas wrote:
On 30 Jun 2010 07:08:42 GMT, in ,
(Ted Nolan tednolan) wrote:

I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
impressive than it did to my naked eye.

For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

but looked much better in real life.

Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

So which one is truest to your memory and/or taste?

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Best regards,
John


That's a hard question. I think every one of them is an improvement on
the original.

In the end, I think the three best were Robert Spanjaard's, Mike Russell's
and SneakyP's.

If I had to pick one, I think it would be Mike Russell's p1120927-lab1
for best overall combination of rainbow plus twilight setting.
It's a near thing though.

Thanks everyone!

Ted

Thus endeth their lessons of "Beginner's Editing 101".

LOL!

"ted@loft" == ted@loft tnolan com (Ted Nolan tednolan) writes:

ted@loft I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it
looks much less ted@loft impressive than it did to my naked eye.

ted@loft For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

ted@loft http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

ted@loft but looked much better in real life.

ted@loft Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

Just add a soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI

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In article ,
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
"ted@loft" == ted@loft tnolan com (Ted Nolan tednolan) writes:

ted@loft I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it
looks much less ted@loft impressive than it did to my naked eye.

ted@loft For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

ted@loft http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

ted@loft but looked much better in real life.

ted@loft Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

Just add a soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI

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Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095

Wow! I hope nothing *really* exciting ever happens to him..


Ted
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Ted Nolan tednolan wrote:
In article ,
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:


Just add a soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI


Wow! I hope nothing *really* exciting ever happens to him..

OMG! OMG!!

After the fifth time he repeated the above, I left the "production" with
several minutes of rainbows and exclamations left. Or does a bear appear
and maul him by chance?

Drug- LSD?

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"John McWilliams" wrote
...

Ted Nolan tednolan wrote:
In article ,
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:


Just add a soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI


Wow! I hope nothing *really* exciting ever happens to him..

OMG! OMG!!

After the fifth time he repeated the above, I left the "production" with
several minutes of rainbows and exclamations left. Or does a bear appear
and maul him by chance?

Drug- LSD?

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john mcwilliams


Imagine him getting laid???