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An Illusory Hope
An Illusory Hope
jenesis


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Challenge: Rainbow (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Clatskanie, OR
Date: Oct 20, 2007
Aperture: F/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 21, 2007

 I love the Pacific Northwest!!

It was one of those days where it would rain and then the sun would pop out. I had seen a rainbow out our front window the day before, but it came and went very quickly. This day I decided to go for a drive where the scenery was pretty and just hope I'd catch something. And boy did I!

I saw a rainbow out over a field from the main road but there was no place to pull over. The first road I came to happened to be a narrow little dirt road, on one side a small stream and on the other cow pastures. At this point there were power lines in front of a weak rainbow so I kept driving. The rainbow had gone. I drove until I came to a place that I could turn around. There was an old broken down building that I thought I'd check out just for fun as I was getting back in the car, I saw the rainbow over this barn across the stream. What Luck! I filled one card and put in another. I was either going to run out of cards, batteries or rainbow before I would stop shooting. The rainbow was the first to go. I had more then enough to work with or at least I hoped I had.

I turned the car around and headed out. I stopped briefly before I got back on the main road to photograph some of the cows when the rainbow came back out so I have some shots of it over the cow pasture as well. But this was one of my favorites of the day. Chasing rainbows is fun!

If you've read this far, thanks for listening to my goofy ramblings. :) Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I used my circular polarizer for this. It's cropped from a landscape orientation.

- Levels & curves adjustments
- Hue/saturation adjustments
- brightness/contrast adjustments
- slight dodge & burn focusing mainly on the front of the barn for most of it.
- added a very slight vignette
- added a soft filter using Power Retouche
- resized, smart sharpen, added border

Some outtakes:
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Statistics Voting Breakdown (your vote is highlighted in red)
Place: 4 out of 92
Avg (all users): 6.9543
Avg (commenters): 7.8571
Avg (participants): 6.8776
Avg (non-participants): 6.9797
Views since voting: 2152
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 197
Comments: 37
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Membermpeters
 Canon EOS-5D 		10/31/2007 06:09:27 PM
Hooray! Nice finish and congrats on HM.
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Registered Userltaylor
 Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT 		10/30/2007 06:36:34 PM
Congratulations on a great shot and nice finish in the challenge. I like your outtakes as well!
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Membergoc
 Apple iPhone 		10/30/2007 04:34:51 AM
great photo, congratulation !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Memberwickee_one
 Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi 		10/29/2007 02:45:31 PM
Congratulations on your high finish! This is an awesome picture. I really love the overall brightenss of the picture. It really is beautiful, I can't say that enough.
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Memberalfresco
 Nikon D700 		10/29/2007 02:22:11 PM
WTG Jen!!! Great photo :)
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MemberNald
 Nikon D200 		10/29/2007 02:18:27 PM
NICE work Jen; and a new third on your profile page! YAHOOO!

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MemberSandyP
 Canon EOS-5D 		10/29/2007 10:40:37 AM
Jennifer! I'm in awe! This is so GORGEOUS! I'm so disappointed that 4 ribbons couldn't be given out this week. This is so deserving. What a faboulous photo! CONGRATULATIONS on an honorable mention!

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Memberpatio127
 Canon EOS-40D 		10/29/2007 09:04:34 AM
Many congrats on this , Jen- a well-deserved high placement !
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Registered Usernibbles
 Nikon D70s 		10/29/2007 05:21:23 AM
well done
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Membersuemack
 Canon EOS-20D 		10/29/2007 04:29:22 AM
WTG Jen!!! Beautiful shot! Congrats on your well deserved top 5 place :D
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Membereyewave
 Canon EOS-5D 		10/29/2007 03:45:55 AM
Congrats on the 4th, beautiful shot!
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Memberhotpasta
 Nikon D300 		10/29/2007 02:08:23 AM
Fantastic image Jennifer...congratulations on a great finish
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MemberJutilda
 Canon EOS-30D 		10/29/2007 02:03:29 AM
So gorgeous. I didn't vote on this one. WOW
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Memberyanko
 Canon EOS-5D Mark II 		10/29/2007 02:01:06 AM
Nice job Jen!
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Memberlovethelight
 Canon EOS-40D 		10/29/2007 01:05:13 AM
Personally I think the quality of this image is much higher than the third place, i love misty feeling this is beautiful
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Membernjsabs2323
 Canon EOS-5D 		10/29/2007 12:43:09 AM
Well lucky you. What a great shot. I went driving around too, all day on Saturday...and was no where nearly as lucky as you. Congrats on a beautiful image. We still need to get together for tea and Dr. Achoo's house. LOL Great shot Jen.
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Memberredjulep
 Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT 		10/29/2007 12:32:45 AM
Awesome Jeni! Congrats on your amazing finish!!
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Memberbanmorn
 Nikon D200 		10/29/2007 12:06:08 AM
Great shot, Jen! Congrats on your top 5 finish!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Site Councilsher
 Canon EOS-300D Rebel 		10/29/2007 12:04:03 AM
oooh so purty! congrats, Jen...you rock! :)
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Registered UserKelvinC
 Canon EOS-300D Rebel 		10/29/2007 12:03:36 AM
Amazing!
Should of got a ribbon in my opinion.
Congrats on the excelent placement regardless.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Registered Useractnout 10/28/2007 12:32:33 PM
Beautiful setting and capture 9
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Membermacrothing
 Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z 		10/28/2007 08:23:39 AM
8 - Hope you win. Nicest image in this Challenge, in my opinion. Nice scene.
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MemberQuigley
 Nikon D200 		10/27/2007 11:19:48 PM
Now this is what I was looking for in this challenge. A good old-fashioned honest to goodness rainbow shot. Not that there is anything wrong with any of the other enteries but it is nice to see a great capture of a rainbow. I love your forground there is a lot of movement with the water and wind but it doesn't detract from the shot at all it just helps to tell the story.
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MemberDistantColours
 Canon EOS-50D 		10/27/2007 10:57:28 AM
very good
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Memberstargazer05766
 Canon EOS-7D 		10/27/2007 09:57:10 AM
LOve this one.. The fit is perfect... 10
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Memberriversong
 Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi 		10/27/2007 02:09:30 AM
Lovely capture!!
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Registered UserRingostarr
 Nikon D70 		10/26/2007 06:27:27 PM
Very nice. 10
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Registered Userpinballwizard
 Fujifilm FinePix S6000/6500 FD 		10/24/2007 10:40:21 PM
oh wow, everything about this photo is perfect. awesome capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Userb4cchus
 Canon EOS-40D 		10/24/2007 07:49:13 AM
Great Shot!
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Registered Userbigfella
 Nikon D200 		10/23/2007 07:35:43 PM
good catch 8
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MemberTammer
 Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi 		10/22/2007 08:47:21 PM
I like the tight composition of your image. Good natural lighting. A pretty rainbow image.
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Memberdmadden
 RIM BlackBerry Curve 		10/22/2007 04:13:35 PM
Great capture! 9
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Memberbassbone
 Nikon D300 		10/22/2007 12:44:20 PM
An excellent image in so many ways - well composed and balanced. The layers of water, grasses, hills and clouds really provides nice depth to the image. The cropping to have the rainbow disappear in the upper right grounds the image very well. I like how we can barely see the blue, indigo and violet.
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Memberdigifotojo
 Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT 		10/22/2007 12:11:18 PM
Beautiful! 8
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Membertimfythetoo
 Canon EOS-30D 		10/22/2007 07:31:52 AM
Great capture of a natural rainbow, and your scenery around it is the best I have seen so far in this challenge. Very pleasing image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberSaker
 Canon EOS-40D 		10/22/2007 12:15:32 AM
What a lucky find... and you shot it well! Has an old fashioned feel to it.. good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Memberwizardry
 Canon EOS-5D Mark II 		10/22/2007 12:11:34 AM
nice capture. 8
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