 Jonathan Travis |
Photographing Directly Into the Sun? I have seen images taken in deserts, where the foreground is perfectly exposed and the blue sky is rich All the way up to an outline of the over exposed sun. I'm extremely curious how this is achieved. Does anybody know? There is a picture to show you what I'm talking about at the following site: The second image is one of them. http://www.desertecotours.com/English/sgallery.php?dir=western&gname=The%20Western%20Desert Thanks!
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Took a while for that to come up. Wide angle lens, plus just exposing correctly. The wide angle focal length keeps the sun small so you keep the blue sky and don't get flare. Maybe a polarizer to help keep the color of the sand, but that's maybe. That's a wide shot, like 20mm or lower. It's easy to do.
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Justin G. |
Gregory is a split ND filter no neccessary? I've never shot this type and would like to and would have just assumed to use one.
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David Earls |
Gregory, a polarizer won't help on this shot. The effectiveness of polarizers decreases as the sun approaches either horizon; the sun is fairly low in the sky. Justin, you're correct about assuming a neutral density filter. Probably graduated, and judging from the intensity of the sun, probably 4-stop.
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Mark Feldstein |
Greetings All ! Actually, the sun is going to be overexposed if you meter the foreground correctly. So, just take an incident reading with a hand-held meter) or if you're using the built-in camera meter (which is probably center weighted), just point it toward an object that's about 18% neutral gray (like grass) [ No Gregory, not THAT kind], lock your reading in at that point and readjust to allow for the sun. While a ND filter may be helpful, to really deepen the blue sky, use a circular polarizer, adjusted for the sky before you meter the scene. See if that helps.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
I said maybe a polarizer, mainly for the sand. Polarizers still do their thing if you stay at angles to the light direction. Graduated NDs would be needed if half the seen were in the shade, like some landscapes are right at sunrise/sunset. But shooting that wide in that type of scene, they didn't use or need a ND.
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