How to 'Break the Light'

[do_u_c_wat_i_c]

see these
i hope i have made my self clear..
you can get sun ray if you underexpose...
but how do you break the light?

No Major photoshop techniq plz..
i kno pros do in on cam.
i dont know how.
but would like to know from you guys.

[RexK_Cozumel]

what do you mean by break the light???

On the second image it would be easy. Just throw a rock at it. The first shot would be kinda difficult since it is the sun....

[do_u_c_wat_i_c]

if you are not joking....
in photography....
light means light
light source means light source

i was talking about light.
how do you get 'rays' without anything blocking in the middle of them

[RexK_Cozumel]

lol yeah I was joking as far as I knew you did not mean light source in your question.

However, at least everywhere I have been, when someone say "hey pass me that light" they mean a light source not flash them with my speedlight. Would be kinda funny however to setup all my lights at a shoot and rig them to trip optically and wait for someone to say "hey pass me the light" then WHAM how do you like 10,000ws in your face! hahaha

As for your question about how to get uninterrupted light rays... Simple make sure that what ever the light is bouncing off of is uniform. So the easiest way to get a light ray is to use a small bright point light source and then throw some dust into the air. Now if you want to get the light ray completely uniform you need to make sure that your dust cloud is uniform.

If you are talking about lens flare however that is a much more difficult and expensive problem. Basically the only thing I can think of to get good lens flare is to keep buying new lenses till you get one that flares how you like it. Or you can make your own lenses if you have the knowledge and the gear to do that.

[wulf]

What was the original source of these photos? I'm assuming you didn't take them (since you are asking how to achieve the effect), in which case a clear credit and link back to the original site should be given.

Thanks,

Wulf

[OsmosisStudios]

Sorry, but alot of that is done in post. Pros do alot of stuff in-camera, but do ALOT of stuff in postwork too.

[WooD]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Sorry, but alot of that is done in post. Pros do alot of stuff in-camera, but do ALOT of stuff in postwork too.

I agree.

I'd bet both of those images were heavily photoshopped.

[do_u_c_wat_i_c]

i found them on google searching for 'concert photography' (2nd one)
the frst one is from Flickr: A K M Shehab Uddin's Photostream

[do_u_c_wat_i_c]

if its photoshopped...then wats the process??

i tried radial blur with noise...but those are so smooth..looked fake

[Sodaman420]

If you've ever played laser tag, they often have smoke machines in the arena.

The smoke machines put out smoke which allows the "laser" shots to be seen, so you know where you're aiming. if there were no smoke, you couldn't see any lasers.

same goes for flash/light sources.

Window of Hope on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

For example, that photo was taken on a foggy night. the fog in the air helps so we can see the beams coming from a light source. it gives the light something to bounce off of and be seen by our eye.

If you're trying for a similar effect, you might try smoke (from a machine, steam, dry ice, cigarettes, etc, but as always, be careful) or dust, as someone else mentioned.