Help with missing rainbow

tcroyer

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Nov 9, 2010, 3:08:12 PM11/9/10

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Yesterday, after a day or more of constant rain, there appeared in front of
my house a very impressive double rainbow. I grabbed my camera to get a
picture.

When using portrait orientation, I got three really good shots, but when I
changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the
optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed
image).

What happened?

Camera: Sony A550 with 18-55mm f3.5-5.6. Post processing: Photoshop
Elements 8. Image format: RAW.

Given that I can see traces of the rainbow in the landscape mode shots, the
information must be there, but I can't figure out the PE8 incantations
necessary to bring it out.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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Tom Royer
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Alan Browne

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Nov 9, 2010, 3:58:16 PM11/9/10

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1. post what you've got so far.

2. Did you over expose?

3. Rainbows come.

4. and rainbows go.

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jkneese

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Nov 9, 2010, 4:10:59 PM11/9/10

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Give this a try:

1. Be sure Layers panel is visible (Window > Layers)
2. Click Layers > Duplicate Layer (or click Ctrl + J)
3. Click the down arrow next to "Normal" in the blend mode drop-down
4a. Click "Multiply"
4b. Alternately, click "Overlay"
5a. If too dark or colorful, click down arrow by Opacity and adjust slider
5b. If not dark / vidid enough do step 2. again
6. When finished click Layers > Merge Visible or Flatten (Shift + Ctrl + E)

Let us know if this helps. Good luck!

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Giganews

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Nov 10, 2010, 5:20:48 PM11/10/10

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"tcroyer" wrote: (clip) When using portrait orientation, I got three really

good shots, but when I
> changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the
> optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed
> image).
>
> What happened?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
When you say it disappeared in the *optical viewfinder,* do you mean a
through the lens viewfinder, or a separate optical path liker on the old
35mm rangefinder cameras? If it was through the lens, my next question is,
"were you using a polarizing filter?" Did you rotate the camera back to the
portrait orientation to see whether the rainbow came back? I can't think of
anything but a polarizer that could produce such an effect, and then only of
you are viewing through the lens.

I hope the three portrait shots were done in a mode for panoramic stitching.

Tim Conway

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Nov 9, 2010, 6:38:05 PM11/9/10

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"Giganews" <leo.li...@att.net> wrote in message
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Using a polarizing filter would lessen a rainbow under certain
circumstances.

Hopefully he can stitch together the portraits.

tcroyer

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Nov 9, 2010, 7:19:11 PM11/9/10

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"Giganews" <leo.li...@att.net> wrote in message
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>

Bingo !

Call me an idiot (actually, you're too late, I already did). As soon as I
read "polarizing filter", I knew what had had happened.

Thanks for the inputs.

Tom

peter

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Nov 9, 2010, 8:57:47 PM11/9/10

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On 11/9/2010 3:58 PM, Alan Browne wrote:

> 3. Rainbows come.
>
> 4. and rainbows go.
>

and for only a short time do they show

where they disappear to, does anybody know.

but they do seem brighter when you've had some rum

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Peter

Paul Furman

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Nov 10, 2010, 2:14:09 AM11/10/10

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Could I get a little more explanation of this effect? I don't understand
how polarizers effected a rainbow...

Peter Chant

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Nov 10, 2010, 2:17:51 AM11/10/10

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Paul Furman wrote:

>> Call me an idiot (actually, you're too late, I already did). As soon as
>> I read "polarizing filter", I knew what had had happened.
>
> Could I get a little more explanation of this effect? I don't understand
> how polarizers effected a rainbow...

Presumably the light diffracted by a rainbow is polarised.

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otter

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Nov 10, 2010, 11:25:40 PM11/10/10

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On Nov 10, 1:14 am, Paul Furman <pa...@-edgehill.net> wrote:
> tcroyer wrote:
> > "Giganews"<leo.licht...@att.net> wrote in message

Rotating a polarized filter 90 degrees could do that. You can do the
same thing with light reflecting off water or glass.

Robert Coe

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Nov 11, 2010, 9:30:53 AM11/11/10

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:19:11 -0500, "tcroyer" <t...@solidus-ts.com> wrote:
: "Giganews" <leo.li...@att.net> wrote in message

I guess the takeaway from this story is, "At the end of a shoot, when you
return your camera to grabshot settings, be sure to remove the polarizer!" ;^)

Bob

peter

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Nov 11, 2010, 10:44:57 AM11/11/10

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On 11/11/2010 9:30 AM, Robert Coe wrote:

>
> I guess the takeaway from this story is, "At the end of a shoot, when you
> return your camera to grabshot settings, be sure to remove the polarizer!" ;^)
>

Now if only we can remove the polarizing threads from NGs.

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M-M

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Nov 11, 2010, 1:55:14 PM11/11/10

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In article <KtSdnTu4Y9iyN0TR...@giganews.com>,
"tcroyer" <t...@solidus-ts.com> wrote:

> Given that I can see traces of the rainbow in the landscape mode shots, the
> information must be there, but I can't figure out the PE8 incantations
> necessary to bring it out.

"Auto Levels" usually works very well on rainbows.

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tcroyer

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Nov 12, 2010, 11:39:45 AM11/12/10

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"Robert Coe" <b...@1776.COM> wrote in message
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Amen to that.

>
> Bob
>

kara...@irchiver.com

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Oct 11, 2012, 8:51:19 PM10/11/12

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:08:12 -0500, "tcroyer" <t...@solidus-ts.com>
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Looking for a permanent solution buddy!

kara...@irchiver.com