Tidal River Sunburst
This photo is a good example of what not to do, that is to point the lens straight at the sun, it just happened to work on this occassion. Walking along the Loo Errn Trail at Tidal River I found the light catching these reed heads in a compelling way. I didn’t really think the shot would work but I tried it anyway using a fisheye lens and shutting the aperture down to f22. The sun then refracted around the tiny aperture creating the sunburst and there was just enough light in the read heads to balance the brightness of Sol despite the fact that the rest of the shot has almost gone black. The starburst reflection is the thing that really makes the shot for me though.
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Tim Denny
Excellent, did you use a filter of small aperature and fast shutter speed ?
Travis Easton replied
f22, fisheye lens, no filters, thanks for the interest
Lys •
this is awesome! way to get that second star from the reflection! great detail in the wheat too.
solarrain
beautiful shot, just great…
Basia McAuley
Beautiful capture!
hilarydougill
I love it!!! Fantastic capture, It looks like a large star in the sky. Beautiful. great vista, comp and perspective as well.
ElRobbo
Great scene, Travis!
jacqi
Perfect shot. It must be great to know exactly what you are doing like that.
Steve Taylor
Well done . I really like the burst
Curtiss Simpson
Beautiful light and color !
Benjamin Scheurer
Gorgeous panorama!
Chris Clark
absolutely a brilliant exposure and panorama Travis, brilliantly captured
dinghysailor1
love it!!
Trace Lowe
It does work this time! Perfect and fantastic image.
LindaR
Excellent!! great capture and appreciate your sharing how you did so.
Very much like the “sun as star” aspect
Jennifer Johnson
wow so cool…love it .. i think i want to live in your pic..
mifkif
Great experiment, with an excellent return. Stunning!
KENDALL EUTEMEY
This is beautiful!
Jonicool
Very Beautiful!
caroline ellis
beautiful
JaredJames
WOW…..I can feel it
elena7
fabulous!
AthenaBlanco
Thanks for the lovely comment Trevor; I must say you’re work is very inspiring!
Kenny Gulley Jr.
perfection
Mariann Rea
Excellent image, lovely panorama!
William Murray
What not to do? The rules are there to be broken. Beautiful image.
Phineous ``Fl...
buggers me why people think dont shoot into the sun some of my best photas are straight into the sun and the fisheye lens does indeed make good use of it
i digg this
Jacqueline Mu... 28 days ago
Wonderful capture Travis.