And there was light

Awais Yaqub

Valley after valley sun blesses world with light But the tallest ones are first..

A local guy told me the name of that largest peak on left is "Gangi" which means Baldy :wink



Played with WB and Tint in light room, truth about sun flare, it is just a photoshop brush i still don't know how some of the landscape photographers get this type of flare straight out of camera:scratch

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Qarik

friggin awseome dude

Awais Yaqub

Qarik wrote: »

friggin awseome dude

Thanks Qarik, i am bit unhappy about foreground noise but i think considering it was only 1 shot with no filter it is just Okay, what do you say?

Eia

Awais Yaqub wrote: »

Thanks Qarik, i am bit unhappy about foreground noise but i think considering it was only 1 shot with no filter it is just Okay, what do you say?

Um...I think it is more than ok - its absolutely wonderful!!! I see the layers and the color is beautiful!

jamesl

Awais Yaqub wrote: »

Valley after valley sun blesses world with light But the tallest ones are first..

A local guy told me the name of that largest peak on left is "Gangi" which means Baldy

Awesome light and composition! I think you can create the sun star by stopping way down (F16 or so). I've found, though, that it doesn't always work for me.

nickeverett

Awais Yaqub wrote: »

....truth about sun flare, it is just a photoshop brush i still don't know how some of the landscape photographers get this type of flare straight out of camera

If you close your iris right down on some lenses (f/22), lights will produce star shaped flares. Example below:

ARKreations

Awais Yaqub wrote: »

Thanks Qarik, i am bit unhappy about foreground noise but i think considering it was only 1 shot with no filter it is just Okay, what do you say?

Personally, I like the slight noisiness in the f/g. I think it adds to the overall artistic feeling of mysterious serenity in the image. Enhanced or not, I love the image. TFS

RuiMLopes

Beautiful image, Awais!
The way you managed to capture the light is just perfect!

Tango

Gorgeous Photograph Awais, IMO I dont mind the photoshop star but it seems to need brightening a bunch.

Also F22 is a great way to get them SOOC.... and practice a few sunsets before going out on location to get the feel for doing them...and how to do them without going blind might I add

To show different lens stars, here are a few of my favorite sun stars I've done, btw, (all single exposures).

Canon 16-35 @ f22: (sadly I sold this lens to help pay for a new DSLR and have regreted it so very much since)
http://www.riparianphotography.com/Photography/Zion-National-Park/10087131_ggDh9#694480757_i86A7

Canon 24 T/S @ f22:
http://www.riparianphotography.com/Photography/Bryce-Canyon/10371104_wifEU#494366132_6sJga

Canon 17-40mm @ f22:
http://www.riparianphotography.com/Photography/Toroweap-Grand-Canyon-Arizona/10302361_xdppU#837899156_MRRiy

Canon 24-70mm @ f22:
http://www.riparianphotography.com/Photography/Photography/7901687_hvXzb#914672999_4vZXa

I hope this post helps a little in your quest in sunstars
now go get'em

schmoo

This is perfect as-is Awais! You're so modest.

And I didn't even realize the flare wasn't caught in-camera until my second pass through the comments. But now you'll catch it next time you're faced with a gorgeous sunset.

Awais Yaqub

Thanks everyone!
Thanks Nick and Aaron for examples, i think TS and 16-35 star is what i was looking for. I tried star with 17-40L but don't find it much attractive as TS

Tango

Ya the 17-40L really makes a wide ended sunstar, If your looking for sharp ends Primes are likely the way to go....
except why the 16-35L zoom lens has such nice sharp ends I do not know

redleash

Awais, I think it is a beautiful image. Not too noisy to me, and the colors are exquisite.

coscorrosa

AaronNelson wrote: »

Ya the 17-40L really makes a wide ended sunstar, If your looking for sharp ends Primes are likely the way to go....
except why the 16-35L zoom lens has such nice sharp ends I do not know

Outstanding shot! I love the subtle layers in the foreground.

The 16-35 has an odd number (7) of aperture blades, which effectively doubles the points on the star (14). A lens with an even number of blades will only have that number of points on the star (for example, my 24-105 has 8 aperture blades and will have an 8-point star, each point will be "double" strength though, which is why the stars are thicker on even aperture blade lenses). Whenever I want a diffraction star, I'll prefer my 16-35 for that reason.

Alpha_Plus

Lovely shot Awais.

I'll just add to the star effect thoughts.. I find that they work best with a small aperture f/20+ and when the sun is just peaking out from behind a mountain as you've got it, or between branches of a tree such as in the shot below. IMO I find it works better in fading light. It's not so great in the middle of the day.

The photoshop brush doesn't look too bad but good luck with getting some real ones..

Secluded Valley

I like it as is; gorgeous shot, Awais. I, too, didn't realize the star had been added until I started reading the comments.

Kristine

AndMan

Qarik wrote: »

friggin awseome dude

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Awais Yaqub

Thanks guys, will try experimenting with on my next venture ot Fairy Meadows.

Bryans12v

beautiful! Great capture!