Summers evening over English Fields

thebigsky

I took this this evening and was really pleased until I saw the red splodge of lens flare on the frontmost bale. Firstly could I have prevented this with a polorising filter, and secondly would it be easy to remove in photoshop, if so which method would best maintain the integrity of the image?



Or black and white?

THE TOUCH

Very nice! I'm usually not a fan of tilting but it definitely works here!

For the flare...that's a tough one. I'm not very knowledgeable in it but here's what I do know - filters will always make it worse, and the higher end lenses have some things built in to help prevent it such as the concave glass on the front, but I think that's at higher angles to the sun.

At this angle, it's nearly impossible (as far as I know). If I see it, and I can't get rid of it, I'll usually angle the camera so the flare is lined up with the sun to make it disappear, then crop accordingly later.

Great shot!

STLMach1

I honestly like both the color and B/W but the flare is certainly the negative here. If it were not for the flare, these would be even more dramatic. The flare just seems to pull your attention from the rest of the photo. Now the star effect or rays emminating from the sun, the long shadows, all contribute to the photo's alure.

All in all, I like it!
Michael

thebigsky

Thanks for your comments guys, here's another shot I took at a slightly different angle, the flare was less of a problem and I've had a go at removing it.

The sky's not as nice in this shot but isn't that always the way.

troglodite

I'm a big fan of b&w but the color one with the nice warm and rich gold is the one that moves me. The second posted shot is really great - I like the sun touching the bail. Too bad you can't get more color in the sky - try ps'ing it? =]

petesopete

the colors in the firs one give the shot a lot of personality. As for the one you took from a different angle, it doesn't do it for me, maybe the colors are too saturated.

thebigsky

Thanks for your feedback, based on it I tried a merge to HDR image with some bracketed shots I had. I'm really pleased with the result, in fact I posted it in the whipping post (link) for my sins.

Jim89

Here's a 3 minute attempt at allowing you to see what it would look like without that red glare, shame i couldnt get the ray of light continued on Maybe some some ps extrodinare could help with that?

thebigsky

Well that's a start Jim, what method did you use?

Awais Yaqub

color version is cool
In BW rocks looks sliced its also cool

Jim89

thebigsky wrote:

Well that's a start Jim, what method did you use?

clone stamp, if you look close enough you can see it