I had my husband hold a hose out in the sun and spray a gentle mist of water to manufacture a rainbow. I don't know the last time I saw an actual rainbow! I zoomed in on the mist in order to make this photo more abstract then cropped for final output. I tweaked the colors with curves and boosted the saturation/contrast. I dodged/burned a few areas and added a softening filter to take the edge off the drops. This is probably too abstract for this site, but all the background elements in our yard were too distracting...
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Pure rainbow with no distraction -- a beautiful abstract and exactly on target for the challende. I'm pleased to learn that this is a real rainbow, even if from a garden hose. That makes me feel even better about the high score I gave it. Sorry to see the ranking, which is much lower than I expected, even given DPC's reputation for undervaluing abstracts and less than crysal sharp images.
This would make a good background element...or wrapping paper. I like the pastel rainbow colors. I'm curious as to what this would look like without that strong black border.
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