And there was light
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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
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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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A local guy told me the name of that largest peak on left is "Gangi" which means Baldy :wink
![935992812_FzrES-XL.jpg](http://www.awaisyaqub.com/photos/935992812_FzrES-XL.jpg)
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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Thine is the beauty of light; mine is the song of fire. Thy beauty exalts the heart; my song inspires the soul. Allama Iqbal
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14-24 24-70 70-200mm (vr2)
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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?
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Um...I think it is more than ok - its absolutely wonderful!!! I see the layers and the color is beautiful!
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.
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If you close your iris right down on some lenses (f/22), lights will produce star shaped flares. Example below:
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
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The way you managed to capture the light is just perfect!
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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
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.
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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
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except why the 16-35L zoom lens has such nice sharp ends I do not know
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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.
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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
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