Honest Feedback Please

HeldInTheMoment · Jul 29, 2015

Hello All!

Attached is a photo I took last fall of a double rainbow. The split lighting was 100% natural with the clouds and looked amazing! I was lucky enough to have my camera with me!!

While I have learned a lot since this photo was taken, I'd still love to hear some critiques as I can never stop learning. The size of this image is a bit smaller for online use, let me know if I should upload the full quality image for better review.

All opinions welcome!

minicoop1985 · Jul 29, 2015

It really just needs to be straightened, a little boost in the shadows, maybe some clarity, and it should be good.

HeldInTheMoment · Jul 29, 2015

Thanks for the feedback, I feel awfully silly looking at how crooked it is...but, it was taken almost a year ago and I didn't even think to look at the level of it.

I'll adjust the shadows and clarity as suggested and see what I get, thanks again!

Bryston3bsst · Jul 29, 2015

I think it's dynamite.

So.....the sort of haze behind the right rainbow is natural? Not sure I can figure why it would be like that. But then I'm no meteorologist either.

Very cool.

tirediron · Jul 29, 2015

Agree with Minicoop. Level it for sure, and I think some careful (and subtle) adjustments to both the highlght and shadow sliders and perhaps the clarity as well. I think there's a very nice image there, and you're close, but it's not quite as good as it could be. Yet.

HeldInTheMoment · Jul 29, 2015

Bryston3bsst said:
So.....the sort of haze behind the right rainbow is natural?

Yes, the haze on the inside of the rainbow was natural. It was in the evening after a small storm while I was duck hunting. I couldn't explain the perfect split in the haze around the rainbow either, but I assume it was the lighting from the sunset and rainbow giving that effect. I must have been in the PERFECT spot at the PERFECT time.