Airplanenut From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 649 posts, RR: 1 Posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2716 times:
Hi,
I took this from a JetBlue ERJ-190 this past Sunday, JFK-BOS.
I was snapping away when I saw the rainbow-encircled shadow, and this shot showed the effect the best. I think there may be a few editing issues (oversharpened?) but I'd like to ask for your thoughts. I'm also providing a link to the original if that can help at all.
Lanas From Argentina, joined Aug 2006, 978 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2711 times:
Hi Jeremy
The wing may be a bit jagged but I also see that there´s too much space to the right of the image, so that will bring motive problems.
I´m going to try an edit of your pic on PS.
Cheers
Lanas.-
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." J.R.R. Tolkien
Ilikeflight From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 366 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2696 times:
PHLapproach From Philippines, joined Mar 2004, 1183 posts, RR: 22 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 2684 times:
I think the "rainbow" has something to do with the sun refracting off the oddly shaped E190 windows. I flew a US 190 up to BOS in very similar lighting and had the same effect.
Airplanenut From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 649 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2673 times:
Quoting PHLapproach (Reply 4): I think the "rainbow" has something to do with the sun refracting off the oddly shaped E190 windows. I flew a US 190 up to BOS in very similar lighting and had the same effect.
I've seen it on a 717, as well... but that was in poor weather and my seat was too far behind the shadow, so the picture didn't come out well at all...
JohnJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1621 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2671 times:
I believe the effect in the picture is called a "glory". It's pretty common and a neat thing to see when onboard an airplane.
I don't have much to add about the photo, but there is a dust spot cleary visible in the upper right hand quadrant - right below the top border.
Acontador From Chile, joined Jul 2005, 1392 posts, RR: 33 Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 2660 times:
Hi Jeremy,
As the others have said, there is way too much empty space to the right/top of the frame with absolutely nothing interesting in it. If, and that's a big if, the picture can handle quality wise such a heavy crop, I would basically crop (from left to right) just until the winglet, and same for bottom to top. Then the center of the picture basically becomes the shadow with the rainbow effect. However, even so I don't know if the motive would be good enough, but at least probably worth a try.
Just sit back, relax and have a glass of Merlot...enjoy your life!
Gabep From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 54 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2638 times:
That is a very neat effect. I would start with trying the following:
Airplanenut From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 649 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2615 times:
Gabep From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 54 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2596 times:
Your crop and re-frame are much better. I'm having a hard time telling what the sharpest object in the frame is. It appears to be the wing. You might try adjusting this without over sharpening the background, by using a duplicate layer.
Acontador From Chile, joined Jul 2005, 1392 posts, RR: 33 Reply 11, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2570 times:
Hi Jeremy,
For me at least that's the crop to go. Now, as far as I can see, the quality right now is not there. The picture is soft and noisy, and I would add slightly more contrast. Don't know if you can improve the quality on this one to the required standard, and even so don't know if the motive is acceptable.
Just sit back, relax and have a glass of Merlot...enjoy your life!
Lanas From Argentina, joined Aug 2006, 978 posts, RR: 14 Reply 12, posted (5 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 2548 times:
Jeremy
The crop is much better. However, try to see if you can add a bit more space over the winglet and remove some space to the right of it. I think it will not appear so tight.
Good luck with it.
Cheers
Lanas.-
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." J.R.R. Tolkien
Airplanenut From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 649 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2494 times:
All right... another go at it, this time I've added some sharpening with a duplicate layer.
Lanas From Argentina, joined Aug 2006, 978 posts, RR: 14 Reply 14, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2493 times:
Jeremy
Still soft but it´s better. Looks like you added some contrast, too.
I don´t know if you´ll be able to get a good result out of it, however. It may be a bit too blurry.
Good luck with it.
Cheers
Lanas.-
[Edited 2007-07-12 04:02:02]
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