Pot of Gold

[dankearl]

Rowena Dell, Columbia Gorge

f11, 14mm Rokinon manual lens, 1/125, D800, no filiters, pp in camera Raw and Nx2

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[Arthur Morris]

Beautifully done. Spectacular rainbow done with the right lens. Light is spectacular. The half of the single lupine just to the left of center on the lower frame edge is the only thing that bugs me....

[Don Railton]

Quite beautiful Dan... All works for me. There is actually two half lupin flowers along the bottom edge which could go if you so inclined but not a deal breaker for me..

DON

[Arthur Morris]

Quite beautiful Dan... All works for me. There is actually two half lupin flowers along the bottom edge which could go if you so inclined but not a deal breaker for me..

DON


Agree. But do understand that relatively strong vertical lines in or close to the center of horizontal frames are especially obtrusive.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dan , what an image :5.
Like everything about it , specially the colors and the rainbow.
Only suggestion i could think about is giving the image a bit more tonal depth , specially in the FG.

Very nice , TFS Andreas

[Dvir Barkay]

A beauty for sure, also love the very natural processing, it looks beautiful but natural, I always enjoy the more natural not overly processed looking shots. Great subject and clouds as well. Overall a winner. Agree with Arthur about the flower at the bottom.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Just a lovely shot Dan! My thoughts concur with Andreas' suggestion of adding more tonal depth. Are those "lupines" in the FG? Comp work very well taking the viewer in.
I hope this repost doesn't look too overdone to you, Dvir :)
Burned midtones and and shadows in FG and sky, ran a round of LCE on the sky + rainbow too.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Morkel , good job with your RP , but as you know :w3 would take it even further , but that is just PP.

Cheers Andreas

[Dvir Barkay]

I like Morkels rendition, natural as well, and the added contrast is nice. Yes it is still natural and works for me Morkel :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Dan, this is a beautiful image - in fact it's stunning. I agree about removing the center lupine on the bottom edge (just because it's in the center). Great job:S3:

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Dan, one of your finest posts to date!!! I love it. Agree on the center lupine, but that's an easy fix. I really like that you off-centered the rainbow just a touch rather than place it dead center. Very nice work!

[arash_hazeghi]

This is excellent Dan, congrats

[dankearl]

Thanks for the nice comments, a repost with the suggestions noted.

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[Arthur Morris]

The repost is nicely done. After looking at this quite a few times I now see the start of a double rainbow on our right. Duh.

The remnant of the offending flower bugged me a bit. Let me know if you like this version a bit better. Of course, in both, knowing what was there, your eye goes to that spot to find fault...

[Andrew McLachlan]

Looks much better without the central blossom along the bottom edge. I am leaning toward preferring Arthur's repost with blossom evicted as I think it hides, a little better, what looks like a dried stem where the flower was.