rainbows (adjusted) give me your thoughts

[jim jam]

I did some curve adjustments brought up the contrast on this picture please let me know if it is an improvement.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v348/jimjams/IMG_1022.jpg

adjusted

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v348/jimjams/IMG_1023_copy.jpg

[Radtech1]

Nice but needs to be roatated about a degree or so. Perhaps a slight bump in contrast, too.

Rad

[henkbos]

Jim, seen quite a few posts of you and the all lack punch. Colors are flat and contrast can be improved.

[rick barclay]

Sweet. I like it. It's seldom if ever you get a view of a rainbow in N.J.
like that one (or is it two?).

[jim jam]

thank you Rick,. there is some adjustments I hope you like henkboss. :)

[henkbos]

It's better, but I had a quick go at it:
- rotated the image
- closer crop
- curves in sky
- reduced yellow in green foreground and made it a little darker.
The result looks like this:

http://www.henkbos.com/web_pics/IMG_1023_copy.jpg

Decide to run the image through NeatImage (you can download a free demo) to reduce the noise.

http://www.henkbos.com/web_pics/IMG_1023_copy_filtered.jpg

[jim jam]

thanks henkbos that looks great! :D Although I did like more of the grass in there maybe not as much as I had in the pic, but the yellow did need to be toned down. How do you help with some of the graininess that I get in a grey sky sometimes.

[henkbos]

Download NeatImage and play around with it. Works great.

[ijohnson]

I was going to say, maybe a lottle noisy. Otherwise, the adjusted pic is just over saturated which is what you need to get the rainbow to stand out. The grass looks like a bad dream though. its a tough balance. Just try selecting the grass and drop the saturation levels or something. You might get the effect that you are looking for.