Although I still need to do some more work on this project (tomorrow at Spurn Point, hopefully), earlier this year I did capture the following images whilst on a visit to a local woodland in order to photograph wood anemones.
I was attracted to the simplicity of the trees and decided to take some shots. Some were more successful than others. All images were taken at 17mm and f16.
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| Here I have shot into the sun but managed to hide it behind the tree. Whilst the trees are in silhouette, the grass has a reasonable exposure. |
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| Here there is too much sun showing and it has produced unpleasant flaring. |
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| This is a much more pleasing shot. The sun is slightly more hidden and an excellent sun star has been produced. There is still a flare in the foreground but I don't findf it too obrusive and it could anyway be removed in post processing. |
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This is more or less the same shot as the first but here I have revealed slightly more of the sun so producing a sun star. It is smaller than in the shot above but there is no flare.
What have I learned from this exercise. Although I still need to do some work on the project I have found that pleasing images can be made whilst shooting into the sun. I am often at loggerheads with my wife on this subject as she prefers against the light shots while I tend to go for side lighting and richer colours unless I am shooting a sunset or sunrise. It is necessary to ensure that just the correct amount of sun is revealed to produce a sun star whilst at the same time avoiding flare.
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