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05/06/2002 12:29:00 PM |
Thanks for the comments! I have a UV filter on my lens so hopefully that has helped to protect it. I was wearing my high powered UV blocker sunglasses too! I haven't noticed any degradation in my camera this week after taking this shot (and a few others) so hopefully I didn't ruin my camera. I wasn't looking directly at the sun, (my camera has a LCD screen, (not a TTL viewfinder) . After reading all these comments, I won't recommend that you try and do this yourself!
But here are the details for those that asked...
I used a -1.5 EV and set the camera on the "Beach & Ski" mode (for taking photos in bright light). I used Microsoft PhotoEditor and cropped out a bit of the house, set the contrast at 60 and the brightness at 40 (default is 50) I reduced the red to .83 and increased the blue to 1.33 (default 1.0 on both). Resized to 640x427
Thanks again for the comments! |
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05/05/2002 10:23:00 AM |
Good shot with the silhouetted branches.
But it has to be said be careful when taking shots like this, directly at the sun, DONĂ¢€™T use the viewfinder !!!
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05/04/2002 01:32:00 AM |
| "Never point your digital camera directly at the sun"... unless you are sure you are going to get an outstanding picture! |
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05/03/2002 08:20:00 AM |
| Cool shot, decently centered (could move it a little upwards). Maybe a little less exposure to reduce the vertical line a bit (though not completely). |
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05/03/2002 05:55:00 AM |
| Doesn't jump out as a from the ground up picture, just up. |
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05/02/2002 03:39:00 PM |
| Well exposed considering the subject. |
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05/01/2002 12:20:00 PM |
| personally, I'd like to see the branches be a little crisper -- maybe a little sharpen? |
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05/01/2002 09:25:00 AM |
| Subtitle: the last thing a digicam ever sees. If you don't have a ttl, optical viewfinder (ie. you have to compose using the LCD with the CCD exposed to the sun for more than an instant), this can destroy your CCD, and if you do it can destroy your eye (at least so I've heard). That said, not a bad image. |
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04/30/2002 08:06:00 PM |
| I thought you weren't supost to do that. Did you use a filter? Nice one. |
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04/30/2002 11:48:00 AM |
| You'll ruin your eyes looking straight at the sun like that :-) Was the pinkish cast there, or is that some sort of lens effect comparable to what happens to your eyes when you do that? |
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04/30/2002 10:54:00 AM |
| Very definitely a "from the ground up" shot. Personally, I think though that the sun and flare it too overpowering. The tree branches are a little soft, too. |
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04/29/2002 08:48:00 PM |
| Very pretty. I like the starburst effect of the sun. I hope you will share with us the technique you used for this. |
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04/29/2002 03:45:00 PM |
| Did you burn/degrade your camera CCD after taking this shot ? |
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04/29/2002 02:42:00 PM |
| This is an interesting shot! The sun is off center... in a shot liek this, I would prefer to see the sun either centered or at one of the 'thirds' intersection points as described in the rule of thirds... |
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04/29/2002 01:55:00 PM |
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04/29/2002 01:21:00 PM |
| Nice flare. I like the exposure control... Not underexposed, but i can see something besides sun. Very nice. Critique? Um..... I'm thinking... Okay, I dont know how it could be improved in such a difficult setting, cause i'm not exactly an expert... But there is a lot of pixelation on the trees. |
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04/29/2002 09:14:00 AM |
| doubt this is actually meeting the challenge...otherwise this shot rules |
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04/29/2002 08:58:00 AM |
| hard to expose this well. |
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