sunkissed flair

[Benphall]

ok here is the deal and the question at hand. i personally love these shots however am starting to become a bit worried about this. For thoes of you out there that capture these stlye of shots i have a few questions for you in no particular order.

1.Do you feel that you are burning your retna out when you get these shots as you need to get the light from the sun into your camera, and is there a way around this. I have a nikon D300 if that matters .....just came to me to try live view.

2. Do you feel that you are completely ruining your sensor. Anyone had problems with there sensor because of this.

3. pretty sure that some of the spots are flair and some are dirt on my filter. anyone know of anyways to reduce the "spotty flair" so it is just from the sun. Ooooor am i just doing some wishfull thinking.

I figure i could find this information somewhere on the web however why not use DPS and all you wonderfull people with vast ammounts of information. Thanks all



Nikon D300
focal length18mm
f32
iso 1000
cant remember what speed im sure it was something fast.

[deck]

Hi Benphall,

Let me try to answer your questions... try is the key word here

1. No you're not yet burning your retina with these shots, just don't stare too much, yes you can use live view...

2. No problems with the sensor.

3. Clean your lens/filter, i think it's wet.

How to improve:

1. Have them closer to each other and the sun just peek out somewhere...
2. Iso 1000 is too high, 200 or 400 would have been enough
3. Try a different focal length, around 35 to 55 or 70mm might produce a better result.
4. Composition is good, Pose is good also, the lady should tiptoe so the guy does not stretch his neck too much

My humble opinions

[Nori]

I usually like this kind of pictures... But for some reason I can't look at their faces, I think is because of the overexposed light in the middle (sun) It's too much in this photo. Remember less is more.

[Niresangwa]

Originally Posted by Benphall

ok here is the deal and the question at hand. i personally love these shots however am starting to become a bit worried about this. For thoes of you out there that capture these stlye of shots i have a few questions for you in no particular order.

1.Do you feel that you are burning your retna out when you get these shots as you need to get the light from the sun into your camera, and is there a way around this. I have a nikon D300 if that matters .....just came to me to try live view.

2. Do you feel that you are completely ruining your sensor. Anyone had problems with there sensor because of this.

3. pretty sure that some of the spots are flair and some are dirt on my filter. anyone know of anyways to reduce the "spotty flair" so it is just from the sun. Ooooor am i just doing some wishfull thinking.

I figure i could find this information somewhere on the web however why not use DPS and all you wonderfull people with vast ammounts of information. Thanks all



Nikon D300
focal length18mm
f32
iso 1000
cant remember what speed im sure it was something fast.

I include these shots routinely when putting together engagement and also wedding portfolios as I really love them, and theyre very popular with clients. Not just using the sun, but I also use strobes to emulate the effect during wedding dances etc, so I feel pretty comfortable with creating them..

First, the 'spots' are more vibrant and in your face because you've pumped up the saturation and you're using an insane ISO. Did you also do an exposure compensation like curves or levels? I'm guessing that the ISO was auto-assigned by the camera because you're shooting at f32? Also yes, you have some kind of matter whether its spray or dust somewhere on your element..

Shooting outside in bright sunlight, the last image like this i created was shot at 5.6, ISO100 and 1/180 using a strobe overhead as key @ 1/4 power. No time to resize and upload an example right now but I will a little later, and those are consistently the settings i use.

Yes, at lower ap's you're not going to get that star burst, but you do get a gorgeous diffuse light...

Usually I use the subjects head to set and lock the focus while 'blocking the sun', then shift to left or right so the sun then appears, and usually washes out the viewfinder (however I'm already focused and will be exposing for the strobe, not the sun)... pretty formulaic these days, then i move around to get the flare spots where i want them...

nice to see someone trying to shoot like this though..its all trial and error.

Edit: added 2 samples, shot at 5.6/100ISO/180 and 4.0/200ISO/180 respectively

[Benphall]

To everyone.
Thanks for the feedback. The ISO was not auto assigned but i do agree, even as i was inputting the EXIF info, the ISO is crazy high and it is just trial and error. Appreciate everything and all my fellow photographers.