PP Help with these (Winter Rainbows?)

KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
edited January 5, 2009 in Finishing School
Heres the background on theses pic's. Wind is blowing 35 mph and is -35 degrees. I couldn't be outside very long but wanted to photograph the rainbow. I have never seen a rainbow in the middle of Winter with snow on the ground and BLOWING. So any help on how to make ,if possible, better. Thanks in advance.

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2.
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3.
446661324_MrShk-L.jpg

4.
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  • roentarreroentarre Registered Users Posts: 497 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2009
    The sky is truely beautiful in deed!
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  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    Thats what I thought, which is why I was out side freezing to get just a decent shot, I personally like #4 but is there any PP that I can do to make it POP?
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  • Zeus1Zeus1 Registered Users Posts: 70 Big grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    p274354001-5.jpg

    Original adapted in Camera Raw:
    - increased exposure about a stop
    - increased vibrancy and clarity about 30%

    New Layer>Gradient black/white over the sky; changed blending of this layer to soft light

    Noise reduction using Nik DFine

    Sharpening using Filter?Other>High Pass

    Saved as 8-bit file in jpg.
  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    Zeus1 wrote:
    p274354001-5.jpg

    Original adapted in Camera Raw:
    - increased exposure about a stop
    - increased vibrancy and clarity about 30%

    New Layer>Gradient black/white over the sky; changed blending of this layer to soft light

    Noise reduction using Nik DFine

    Sharpening using Filter?Other>High Pass

    Saved as 8-bit file in jpg.



    WOW :jawdrop Thank you.
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  • TizianoTiziano Registered Users Posts: 184 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    Very cool shots! Both in pun and actuality.

    I believe this is called a Sun Dog.
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    I thought I'd take a crack at this. It's a lovely photo! Whatever you decide to you, you need to bring out the color of the rainbow. Increasing the contrast and brightening the snow is one way to do this.

    Here's what I tried in Photoshop:
    1. Removed noise with Imagenomic using Landscape setting.
    2. Added hue/saturation layer and desaturated the blues to remove the bluish colorcast in the snow.
    3. Added a curves adjustment layer. Used CS4 default setting "Increase contrast". This was a bit strong, so I adjusted the opacity to 45%.
    4. Added a new layer: Layer > New > Layer; Mode: Overlay; Fill With Overlay Neutral Color: checked.
    5. "Painted" the snow on the new layer using Dodge Tool to bring out its whiteness. Dodge Tool setting: Range - Midtones; Exposure - 50%.
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  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    richtersl wrote:
    I thought I'd take a crack at this. It's a lovely photo! Whatever you decide to you, you need to bring out the color of the rainbow. Increasing the contrast and brightening the snow is one way to do this.

    Here's what I tried in Photoshop:
    1. Removed noise with Imagenomic using Landscape setting.
    2. Added hue/saturation layer and desaturated the blues to remove the bluish colorcast in the snow.
    3. Added a curves adjustment layer. Used CS4 default setting "Increase contrast". This was a bit strong, so I adjusted the opacity to 45%.
    4. Added a new layer: Layer > New > Layer; Mode: Overlay; Fill With Overlay Neutral Color: checked.
    5. "Painted" the snow on the new layer using Dodge Tool to bring out its whiteness. Dodge Tool setting: Range - Midtones; Exposure - 50%.


    Wow. that is stunning. Much better than I could have done.
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  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    I had taken the advise of both of you. I kinda tweeked them what do you think?


    447358506_nrnYZ-L.jpg
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    There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.~Ansel Adams
  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    I'm not 100% convinced on the crop because you're chopping off part of the rainbow. If you had clouds in the photo in lieu of that rainbow then the crop would be fine but that rainbow is just so pretty that it's a shame to chop off the top it.

    Try cropping closer of the top of that rainbow. mwink.gif
    Linda

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  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    richtersl wrote:
    I'm not 100% convinced on the crop because you're chopping off part of the rainbow. If you had clouds in the photo in lieu of that rainbow then the crop would be fine but that rainbow is just so pretty that it's a shame to chop off the top it.

    Try cropping closer of the top of that rainbow. mwink.gif


    How's this one Linda? Any better???

    447505967_CP8DR-L.jpg
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  • TheSuedeTheSuede Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    I saw something about rainbows in the Margulis "Lab" thread, do a search and I think you'll find the howto (or at least ONE howto) there... :)

    Of course you can do manual selection and masking, so I am not really sure exactly what you're after... Just PP to enhance the rainbow, or more?
  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    TheSuede wrote:
    I saw something about rainbows in the Margulis "Lab" thread, do a search and I think you'll find the howto (or at least ONE howto) there... :)

    Of course you can do manual selection and masking, so I am not really sure exactly what you're after... Just PP to enhance the rainbow, or more?

    I am hoping to be able to make this photo pop. I am hoping for it to be good enough to enter in the Dgrin challanges.
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2009
    Kwarta wrote:
    How's this one Linda? Any better???

    thumb.gif
    Linda

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited January 3, 2009
    There has been previous discussions of editing images with rainbows in this thread

    Here are two links that may help

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=63727 and http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=29980
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  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2009
    pathfinder wrote:
    There has been previous discussions of editing images with rainbows in this thread

    Here are two links that may help

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=63727 and http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=29980

    Thank you for the links
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  • KwartaKwarta Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2009
    I did it... I hope
    Ok so you all remember the first image..

    Before
    446661324_MrShk-L.jpg


    After
    449546547_a8kpS-L.jpg


    How'd I do?wings.gif
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