Fake or Real?

[iDad]

Just curious

 

[MrToM]

I'd say it was real...

The sun is in the right place, low and behind the viewer.
Its wet so its been raining and probably still is...
...under those dark clouds acting as a good contrasting background.

Ideal conditions for a Rainbow, double or otherwise.

Regards.
MrTom.

 

[chrisdesign]

The picture is low resolution and in the channels jpeg artifacts are visible. Nevertheless I can't detect any manipulation in the image.
In my opinion this image is real.

 

[IamSam]

I'm also guessing that it's real. However, since you have posed the question..........I'm a bit suspicious. :mrgreen:

 

[nitea]

I also think it's real ... shades are seem to be natural and the picture is a bit sloped to the left, so the horizontal and vertical lines are not exact straight, but there is always 1 % that could be opposite

 

[iDad]

They referenced reasons for believing it is real are very plausible:mrgreen:

 

[Tom Mann]

This is just a guess based of looking at it on my cell phone, but I am suspicious that it's not real. My reason is that the intensity of the colors is too uniform over the whole span of the arc. The brightness at any point along the arc of a rainbow depends on the number of water droplet particles in the right size range at that point in the sky. Other than the slight dimming at its highest point, It is rarely quite so uniform as this (although it certainly can happen).

So, I'm a bit suspicious.

Tom

 

[Tom Mann]

PS - but then again, I'm suspicious of everything. LOL.

 

[ALB68]

Nooo..tell me that ain't so!
My impression was that is a fake. Color doesn't look right and the rainbow (s) just look too perfect.

PS - but then again, I'm suspicious of everything. LOL.

 

[iDad]

Consider this a lesson in realism. What one sees as a possible fake, another sees as a possible reality.
Confucius say, "who cares! What's at the end of the rainbow":mrgreen:
Larry, perfection is natures true Colors:mrgreen:

 

[ALB68]

Hummm...waxing philosophic today huh? :mrgreen: Upon further inspection, I now believe it to be genuine.

Consider this a lesson in realism. What one sees as a possible fake, another sees as a possible reality.
Confucius say, "who cares! What's at the end of the rainbow":mrgreen:
Larry, perfection is natures true Colors:mrgreen:

 

[Paul]

Fake as a snakeskin belt from Taiwan

 

[copa85]

I'd say that's real

 

[nachofrades]

Too much colors in the rainbow...

 

[Paul]

I wonder when iDad is going to reveal is result?

 

[nachofrades]

It's obviously a fake, a car not was in the original photo...

 

[iDad]

Some of You guys are going to need to eat your words:mrgreen:

 

[Tom Mann]

But I've also heard that some of us won't have to.

So, what's the story, big guy?

Tom M

 

[iDad]

A 19 year old captured this on his phone (in my neighborhood) I missed it by about three minutes.... (REAL)

 

[Tom Mann]

Wow! That's neat. Thanks for letting us know. The only time I've ever seen such a perfect rainbow (...and it wasn't as good as yours) was up in Iceland. The sun angle was very low, and it had just rained. Of course, I didn't have my camera with me, and this was before the days of cell phones.

Thanks, iDad.

Tom

PS - I keep forgetting, what part of the universe do you live in. Are u up north, so more likely to get a low sun angle, or somewhere else?