Rainbows echo

I was fortunate to find a tree that echoed the arc of this vivid

rainbow so I placed it next to it and let the tree slide out of the

frame. Good compositon or a visual annoyance. What do you think.

i think i would of liked to see all of the tree on the right portion but then again I'm not completely sure.

The fact that there is no color enhancement to your rainbow is incredible. Great shot. AJM

Something looked a bit off to me, so I downloaded your image and bumped up the blue channel in PS. Let me know what you think, for some reason the one posted here appears to have a yellowish or gold tint... who knows, maybe that's what it looked like originally.

Sometimes when your real close to a rainbow, which it appears the shot is, you get a golden glow. Hence the "pot of gold " at the end of a rainbow

All I know is that with my scanner (Canoscan 4000US) whenever I use Velvia, I have to adjust the blue channel. In my case, I need to reduce the blue channel, and not by a trivial amount. For this image, I bumped it up.

 

I don't do this for aethetic reasons (i.e. to create colors that were not there), I need to do it to reproduce the colors of the slide.

 

FOr me, it is an issue of knowing my scanner. When I use Provia, I reduce the red channel a little bit. For Velvia, I reduce blue a fair amount. I could always get film target slides, but I have gone digital now so that's not an issue any longer.

Hi Christian.

 

You are quite right that the colours aren't neutal grey(sky) I honestly can't remember if it was as yellow as this in real life though I do remember the golden light. However I have the benefit of viewing my Velvia slide immediately after the scan and I try as best as possible to match the transparency for colour, hue and saturation. My original download is actually remarkably close to the tranny.

 

I appreciate the effort you went too.Thanks.

 

Ian Cameron.

WOW, extra ordinary, u r very, very good. Very photos4u.dk, jaymaisel.com. I hope the dumbed down digital heads notice..

Great portfolio....Kevin

People are discussing the yellow appearance. In the filters list, you say an 81b was used. That'll be why it's yellow. I personally think the 81b was a mistake.

 

Still a nice shot though. There are several of your shots that look like they have been saturated in PS. I have used Velvia, polarizers etc etc, but you just don't see colours like this or those shown in rhododendron fiesta ever. I think you are playing down your PS skills.;)

 

For some reason, some people seem to think that if one shoots on film, one's images can't be photoshopped!

 

As we can all see, the PS'd version of this shot posted by someone (above) is clearly better.

 

Some people also seem to think that ALL digital images are photoshopped! - Why???! The only thing other than a solid long-term crack addiction, that might twist their tiny, closed minds to believe this, is digital envy. And they are right to be envious. I never see an image captured on film that couldn't have been better captured, or subsequently improved by digital technology - this shot is a prime example.

 

I'm not knocking the shot, which is excellent for a film capture. BUT - reeling off 50-100 shots in RAW on a 1Ds, anyone might have done better by accident. With talent like yours, you would definitely have got "the perfect shot" in 10. If you had been shooting on digital, you would have noticed the colour balance issue and re-shot. That way you could have still posted an unmanipulated shot, but with the correct colour balance. If people like it better yellow, they can change it! It is a fact that digital makes FAR more UNMANIPULATED shots possible. It also makes perfecting imperfections far easier.

 

I must admit that digital photography and the FACT that a monkey can reel off 50-100 shots on a 1Ds and come up with the goods, has destroyed the mystique and degraded respect for photography and photographers. However, it's all about ending up with a great image and all you film geeks are living in the past. Think about it, there simply is nothing to debate.

 

I mention the 1Ds and no doubt some will point out that no-one can afford one/justify the spend. You don't need a 1Ds, it was just for an example. Almost any prosumer Digital SLR system will set you back less than a decent medium format system. If you must have medium format, get a digital back!

 

Right, you can all rush out and buy your digicams now. You'll be better for it. In a few years, you'll all look back and be embarrassed by how long it took you to embrace the myriad of digital benefits. :)

 

I think some "film heads" (sarcasm directed at the person who said "digital heads" in their comment above) must have bought a medium format system or an expensive film 35mm etc just before digital took off/before they realized the benefits of digital. They now can't sell their kit without losing a lot of money and are so annoyed about it that they pretend that it's because digital is rubbish. They refuse to admit their mistake and compound their loss as their film gear quickly depreciates.

 

Snap out of it and look to the future.

 

I am gazing in into my crystal ball... the mists part... I see into the future... a small band of people with long beards, all holding empty (originally expensive, but now worthless) film cameras and looking angry. All around them throng crowds of happy people with small, cheap, light, 12MP digicams relentlessly mocking those poor "film heads" and taking photos of their downcast faces due to their lack of film. The mists swirl and close and we're back to the present. Oh dear, I can already hear the sound of angry "film heads" and plenty of mockery from those happy people.

 

Nick

 

Er!! Blimey Nick. I still prefer the above transparency on the light box. The rhodedendrons green went haywire when I downloaded it. Even so the original slide does have knock your eyes out green.

Sorry Ian!

 

I must have got out of bed the wrong side that day and got annoyed by the phrase "digital heads"! :)

 

I have looked through your folder even more now and there are several very special photos. I particularly like the "haybale sunset". I appreciate how difficult that shot was to get and I like the effect the long exposure has had on the sky.

Cracking rainbow Ian! Scotland is blessed with some amazing light shows sometimes!! As for Nicks comments on on 'filmheads' i swapped a Nikon D1 for a Hass swc and dont miss it for a second...just cant beat trannies on a light box..Look at hundreds of images on a monitor? got better things to do with my time..like get out there and shoot more film! Digital zealots are all beginning to sound the same to me..they cant seem to wait to get home to "work' on there files...post 'capture'

Great shot!

I actually really enjoy the yellow glow.

 

To me, its more realistic since it reminds me of the storms here.

 

I never see bright blue storm clouds.

 

I see more dark and dusty storm clouds