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Rainbow Rocket
Rainbow Rocket
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Marysville, ca
Date: Apr 11, 2007
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1500
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2007

 In between storms and the light was brilliant just before sundown
Convert from Raw
Levels to set black and white points
Hue/Sat to brighten colors in rainbow
Dodge and burn to lighten treeline and add shadows in clouds
Brightness/Contrast
Sponge tool on lower rainbow to further enhance colors
Sharpen tool on treeline
Resize
Border
USM
Save forWeb



Statistics
Place: 93 out of 308
Avg (all users): 6.0945
Avg (commenters): 6.3750
Avg (participants): 6.1383
Avg (non-participants): 6.0688
Views since voting: 893
Views during voting: 403
Votes: 254
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 05/01/2007 09:27:16 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club:

What can I say, this is a beautiful landscape. The rainbow in the clouds on one side provides a wonderful contrast to the blue sky on the other. If one was to nit-pick, I would say that since it was an expert-editing challenge you could take out the bit of foliage in the foreground to the left of the frame.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 10:59:18 PM
nice hot
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 04/24/2007 10:56:57 PM
Amazing sky so dramatic, bumping up to 10.
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 04/24/2007 03:18:02 PM
very well balanced. I wish you removed the branch on the left. it weakens the power of the wide scope and makes the photo feel local; if you know what I mean 8
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 04/23/2007 11:26:06 PM
Nice capture! The mid-ground trees seem a bit indistinct; otherwise, a beautiful shot.
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 04/23/2007 12:44:13 PM
Impressive rainbow. The trees look very unnatural though, with little detail.
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 04/22/2007 09:40:37 PM
Perfect title, great capture. Love it!
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 04/21/2007 10:15:28 PM
nice rainbow. dull trees
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 04/21/2007 10:04:10 PM
Nice capture of a rainbow. Too bad you couldn't have brought the greens out a bit more. 7
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 04/20/2007 11:32:50 PM
Great capture. I know this is expert editing and I shouldn't trust my eyes, but I do hope that the rainbow is real and not added in post. The captured transition between the stormy and the clearing sky is very well done. - 8
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 04/19/2007 09:36:08 PM
Cool. The trees look like paintings. Great Shot!
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 04/19/2007 09:14:25 PM
I like the natural colors, but the trees just left of center look too processed, and the bottom of the rainbow maybe just a little too bright. Otherwise very nice image.
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 04/19/2007 07:07:27 PM
pumping some green into those trees, adding some contrast would have given this the kick it needs
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 04/19/2007 11:36:39 AM
gorgeous
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 04/19/2007 04:44:53 AM
A bit too much sky and not enough land
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 04/18/2007 10:57:35 PM
Very nice, but it I think it would have been better if the tree on the left part had been cropped or composed out.
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 04/18/2007 10:46:36 PM
nice shot, but too soft for my taste. texture on the trees is lost.
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 04/18/2007 06:34:19 PM
On first look, I really like the image. But on the second, I realize that something is really wrong with the trees, almost like they've been...smushed. My guess would be over-processed, somehow. It's too bad, as it does detract from the overall experience.
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 04/18/2007 11:09:56 AM
Oh, this is wonderful! Great Photo!
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 04/18/2007 09:32:15 AM
urm - the trees look like they have been flattened, you lost the detail in post somehow :(
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 04/18/2007 03:25:21 AM
need to remove tree on the left, and increase contrast and hue to create more impact. wonderful rainbow.
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