Rainbow Surprise

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by Omaste Witkowski

Title

Rainbow Surprise

Artist

Omaste Witkowski

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photograph

Description

Rainbow Surprise
Omaste Witkowski
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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. ~Lao Tzu

I was doing an architectural photo shoot early one morning and I happened to catch a rainbow behind the trees. There was just enough moisture in the air for the light to catch it and provide us with this surprise image.

This photograph was taken in Winthrop Wa, in Washington State. This town is located in the Pacific Northwest near the Okanogan National Forest. Specifically the Game Range above Winthrop.

I started with a digital photograph and used a HDR process to tone map the light. Then I applied a finishing oil paint layer to add texture to the overall image. I did some tonal work to even out the colors and make them realistic to what I was seeing in nature but not excessively.

I am interested in photography as an "unusual" or "unique" image making process. In other words I enjoy starting with a photograph of an ordinary scene or subject and then I try to make it my own by adding unusual processing techniques. I hope you enjoy viewing my work as much as i enjoy creating it.
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From Wikipedia "A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection of light in water droplets in the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc.
Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.

In a "primary rainbow", the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted while entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it.

In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, red facing toward the other one, in both rainbows. This second rainbow is caused by light reflecting twice inside water droplets."

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April 18th, 2013