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"I've Seen Sunny Days That I Thought Would Never End"
"I've Seen Sunny Days That I Thought Would Never End"
Dr.Confuser


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Lens Flare (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Yarrow Point, Washington USA
Date: Sep 2, 2011
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: Various
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2011

 Photographer’s Notes
To be perfectly frank, when I saw the challenge theme, it felt pretty lame to me. Why go out of our way to create flaws in the photo. It might as well have been a “blown sky” challenge. But as I got into it, I learned a lot and I’m feeling a bit more sanguine about it.

One thing I learned is that something partially obscuring a bright light source will have its shape preserved in the lens flair. In this case, the mountains partially obscure the sun, and note the silhouette of the mountains (upside down) is preserved in the flare. THAT is COOL.

I'm not happy about the posterization around the sun, but at the tiny 800 pixel limit, really smooth gradients seem nigh on to impossible.

Post Processing
• HDR 7 Images (Photomatix)
• Tone Map (Photomatix)
• Pre-process (PSCS5 Camera Raw)
• Blur the Sky (PSCS5 Blur Layer – Masked)
• Dodge & Burn (PSCS5 Overlay Layers)
• Resize (PSCS5)
• Crop (PSCS5)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)

Camera Data
• Date: 2011-09-02
• Camera: Nikon D3
• Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
• ISO: 100
• Aperture: f/5.6
• Shutter: Various

Statistics
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Votes: 122
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/06/2011 09:12:32 AM
Blade Runner? very nice shot though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2011 02:08:32 PM
Beautiful work. Great star burst and aperture flare. Nice composition and title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2011 07:39:16 AM
James Taylor. Appropriate title. =) Beautiful sunset.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2011 03:14:11 AM
They're like little orange canoes on the lake.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2011 02:06:22 AM
2 slices of half flare give another beautiful looks on this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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