Rainbow at the park

Hawaii-geek · Mar 18, 2004

Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL

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RichardR · Mar 18, 2004

H-G, that's about the most brilliant rainbow I've ever seen! You can see how it lights up the ground where the pot of gold is!!

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Terrific image!

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catalyst · Mar 18, 2004

That is one very bright capture of the rainbow, and from my experience, not so easy to achieve!

Looking at the coverage you have, and remembering Artshot Sue's amazing stitching photos, maybe you should try duplicating the image, then flipping it horizontally by 180°. You might just be able to generate the entire bow this way . . .

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MotorCityJim · Mar 18, 2004

Hawaii-geek said:
Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Hawaii-Geek/WP3140518-Rainbow-crop.jpg
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Bob WR · Mar 18, 2004

Hawaii-geek said:
Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL

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--I got this one at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in December. It's a "piker" compared to yours in Honolulu! Nice Shot!

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Bob WR · Mar 18, 2004

Bob WR said:
Hawaii-geek said:

Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL

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--I got this one at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in December. It's a "piker"
compared to yours in Honolulu! Nice Shot!

http://www.pbase.com/bobr1
D-510, C-730, (2) C-2100's

-- I goofed somewhere on the image!
Try this link-- http://www.pbase.com/image/24067685

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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

RichardR said:
H-G, that's about the most brilliant rainbow I've ever seen! You
can see how it lights up the ground where the pot of gold is!! )

Terrific image!

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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

catalyst said:
That is one very bright capture of the rainbow, and from my
experience, not so easy to achieve!

Looking at the coverage you have, and remembering Artshot Sue's
amazing stitching photos, maybe you should try duplicating the
image, then flipping it horizontally by 180°. You might just be
able to generate the entire bow this way . . .

Eric

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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

MotorCityJim said:
Hawaii-geek said:

Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Hawaii-Geek/WP3140518-Rainbow-crop.jpg
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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

Bob,

Your shot is more interesting.

Mine was created by nature (the rainbow that is). I still have that "snap shotty" look.

I shoot product with this c-5050 normally ... so, next for me is to work on my composition
( I keep saying that ... and one day , I will ... really LoL )

Bob WR said:
Hawaii-geek said:

Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL

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Click to expand...

--I got this one at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in December. It's a "piker"
compared to yours in Honolulu! Nice Shot!

http://www.pbase.com/bobr1
D-510, C-730, (2) C-2100's

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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

Bob,

Thanks for your link ... I think I learned something from your exif
I think your shot is sharper at f8.0

Next time I will need to shoot Shutter Priority at f8.0

Bob WR said:
Bob WR said:

--I got this one at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in December. It's a "piker"
compared to yours in Honolulu! Nice Shot!

http://www.pbase.com/bobr1
D-510, C-730, (2) C-2100's

Click to expand...

-- I goofed somewhere on the image!
Try this link-- http://www.pbase.com/image/24067685

http://www.pbase.com/bobr1
D-510, C-730, (2) C-2100's

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Roy F. · Mar 19, 2004

Hawaii-geek said:
Next time I will need to shoot Shutter Priority at f8.0

I think you mean "Aperture Priority".

But I don't think f8 vs f4.5 contributes to a sharpness difference.
All the difference could be in the post-processing, unless you are
comparing your original (not available for me to see) with Bob's
original on pbase. But f4.5 should be near the "sweet spot" of
the lens for sharpness (not wide open, not pinhole small).

Bob needed to use f8 to get both his foreground and his background
in focus (depth of field). (Actually, the scene was so bright he almost
needed to use an ND filter - 1/1000 at f8 is at both limits of the camera,
speed and aperture.) I think the foreground is the difference you are
seeing between your shot and his - his has a foreground to frame the
subject and yours doesn't. Of course, the unusual brightness of the
rainbow in your shot makes yours a great image even without a frame.
The sharp edges in Bob's foreground lead you to see more sharpness,
but in the distant subject, the sharpness (downsized, anyway) of
yours is comparable to the sharpness of his, or can be with suitable
post-processing.
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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

Roy F,

Thank you for post.

Roy F. said:
Hawaii-geek said:

Next time I will need to shoot Shutter Priority at f8.0

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I think you mean "Aperture Priority".

Opps yes, aperture Priority

Member said:
But I don't think f8 vs f4.5 contributes to a sharpness difference.
All the difference could be in the post-processing, unless you are
comparing your original (not available for me to see) with Bob's
original on pbase. But f4.5 should be near the "sweet spot" of
the lens for sharpness (not wide open, not pinhole small).

Thank you for that info. Do you know what is the "sweet spot" for the c-5050 ?

I did notice that the "sweet spot" on the zoom seems to be the zoom position it "locks on" in Super Macro (not sure what that is ... maybe at 70% zoom?)

So, if I set up my c-5050 for the

Sweet spot on the Zoom and the Aperture that would give me the sharpest pics ? (in good light)

that would be something good to know on the c-5050

Member said:
Bob needed to use f8 to get both his foreground and his background
in focus (depth of field). (Actually, the scene was so bright he
almost
needed to use an ND filter - 1/1000 at f8 is at both limits of the
camera,
speed and aperture.) I think the foreground is the difference you are
seeing between your shot and his - his has a foreground to frame the
subject and yours doesn't. Of course, the unusual brightness of the
rainbow in your shot makes yours a great image even without a frame.
The sharp edges in Bob's foreground lead you to see more sharpness,
but in the distant subject, the sharpness (downsized, anyway) of
yours is comparable to the sharpness of his, or can be with suitable
post-processing.
Roy F.

Thank you ... I think you are right ... the forground of his shot does make it seem sharper ...
And actually that is one of the things I liked about his composition.

Now I need to tinker with USM and see if I can improve my sharpness.
I was unsure how far I should go with USM ... in general I think I oversharpen.

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Canadian Club · Mar 19, 2004

Hi: Man, that is some rainbow.

Toned down the buildings, cropped the right hand side a bit, frame and signature.

I tried reversing but the center part was not good.

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'UZ'pShoot'ERS' · Mar 19, 2004

Mine seem to be the least spectacular I've seen
There are three angles of it here:
http://www.pbase.com/rrawzz/butterflyniagara Amongst the BFlies & Mofongos.

Luckily it appears on any day that direct sunlight falls on "The Falls" so all I need now is for it to be backed by a dark ominous sky like yours...LOL..

I'd be quite happy with what you got but I wouldn't begin to try improving yours without the original file. But I'm pretty sure any improvement would be minimal anyway, especially since my workflow is so basic.
Nice & colorful, thanks for postin it!

Hawaii-geek said:
Hawaii-geek wrote:
Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL

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Bob Myers1 · Mar 19, 2004

Hawaii-geek said:
Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL

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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

Canadian Club,

wOw, being someone with limited PS skills.
Need to ask … what did you do to that pic???

My original looks drab in comparison … the Rainbow is so much brighter! And it even seems bigger.

Yes, I do like your crop better
Everything seems to "pop" more

Now, is this what they are talking about in the other thread?
You made my "snap shot" into a "Photograph" !

CC I am honored that you took the time to work on this pic.
Obviously I have seen the great work you have done before.

Hope you don’t mind if I brag to all my friends and show this pic around.

I got lucky on this shot … and all of you on this forum have encouraged me to Learn and Practice more …

I always miss this forum when I don’t have the time to post and lurk

Canadian Club said:
Hi: Man, that is some rainbow.

Toned down the buildings, cropped the right hand side a bit, frame
and signature.

I tried reversing but the center part was not good.

CC

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http://www.pbase.com/otfchallenge/george_mocks_3d_frame_gallery.jpg

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a good day!

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KarenInWV · Mar 19, 2004

That rainbow just pops out at you.

Beautiful shot.

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Hawaii-geek · Mar 19, 2004

UZ,

Saw your Rainbows and one day would love to be able to compose a shot like that.

Right now I guess ... I just have to be satisfied living in Hawaii where there are Rainbows every day there is Rain. LoL

UZ thank you.

'UZ'pShoot'ERS' said:
'UZ'pShoot'ERS' said:

Hawaii-geek wrote:
Rainbow on at rainy day from Kakaako Beach Park, Hawaii
f4.5 1/800sec iso64

If anyone knows how to make this shot better …
pls. feel free, just let me know what you did LoL

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Click to expand...

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Canadian Club · Mar 19, 2004

Hawaii-geek said:
Canadian Club,

wOw, being someone with limited PS skills.
Need to ask … what did you do to that pic???
My original looks drab in comparison … the Rainbow is so much
brighter! And it even seems bigger.

The crop probably made it look bigger.

Hawaii-geek said:
Yes, I do like your crop better
Everything seems to "pop" more

Now, is this what they are talking about in the other thread?
You made my "snap shot" into a "Photograph" !

No, you already had the Photograph, PS just helps to make it a little better.

Hawaii-geek said:
CC I am honored that you took the time to work on this pic.
Obviously I have seen the great work you have done before.

Thank you, I enjoy being able to help "sometime".

Hawaii-geek said:
Hope you don’t mind if I brag to all my friends and show this pic
around.

Now, I would be honoured but remember it is your Picture.

Hawaii-geek said:
I got lucky on this shot … and all of you on this forum have
encouraged me to Learn and Practice more …

This forum still encourages this old codger to get out even in our bad weather and Practice, Practice.

Hawaii-geek said:
I always miss this forum when I don’t have the time to post and lurk

Fortunately, I have been retired for 24 years but still so busy - love it.

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