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kkat
August 04, 2011
Congratulations, Susi. Beautiful combinations of sun, clouds, bridge and water!!
kerryanne
August 04, 2011
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Great shot Susi! Congrats on your feature photo!
lamarh
August 04, 2011
congratulations on your feature. really nice shot. hard to capture as you have done with the sun and the beams being captured so well. Great job on this one.
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Location
I took this photo along the Tennessee River in AlabamaTime
it was late afternoon in July 2011Lighting
I actually considered myself lucky to get the sunbeams and was surprised when I downloaded the picture to my computer. At the time I took this shot I did not know how to use the setting on my camera I used then right. I just shot against the sun at f14 and 1/640 which I now know was probably wrong. I giggle to myself just knowing that the pictures still came out as good as it did.Equipment
I used a Canon EOS 50D with a sigma lens.Inspiration
I loved the bridge over the river, the clouds and the sun rising above.Editing
The only software I had at the time was Photoshop Elements 5. I used the sliders to brighten the gold tones and darken the bridge.In my camera bag
Actually I took a little drive and all I had was the camera on the passenger seat of my car. Bingo, I stopped to catch the sunset.Feedback
My advise to catch a similar shot would probably to set the f stop to 22 and slow down on the shutter speed.