From: Ted Nolan <tednolan> on
I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
impressive than it did to my naked eye.

For instance this one from yesterday is ok:

http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg

but looked much better in real life.

Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

Ted
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From: S.G. on
On 30.6.2010. 9:08, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
> impressive than it did to my naked eye.
>
> For instance this one from yesterday is ok:
>
> http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg
>
> but looked much better in real life.
>
> Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?
>
> Ted


try to pass underneath and make a wish.

:)



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From: Chris F.A. Johnson on
On 2010-06-30, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
> impressive than it did to my naked eye.
>
> For instance this one from yesterday is ok:
>
> http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg
>
> but looked much better in real life.
>
> Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

Increase brightness and contrast:
<http://cfajohnson.com/testing/p1120927.jpg>

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From: ray on
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:08:42 +0000, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

> I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much
> less impressive than it did to my naked eye.
>
> For instance this one from yesterday is ok:
>
> http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg
>
> but looked much better in real life.
>
> Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?
>
> Ted

Have you tried a polarizing filter?
From: John Navas on
On 30 Jun 2010 07:08:42 GMT, in <8908rqFol3U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
ted(a)loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote:

>I've noticed that whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it looks much less
>impressive than it did to my naked eye.
>
>For instance this one from yesterday is ok:
>
> http://www.tednolan.net/misc/p1120927.jpg
>
>but looked much better in real life.
>
>Any tips for punching rainbows up in GIMP?

1. Adjust levels
2. Correct color
3. Increase saturation

<http://i48.tinypic.com/2k11fk.jpg>

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