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Sun Rises over Colorado National Monument
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Sun Rises over Colorado National Monument



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upload_dateJan, 2014

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9 Comments |
photobughug123
 
photobughug123 January 21, 2014
Gorgeous landscape image!
northcoastgreg
northcoastgreg February 25, 2014
Thanks Photobughug.
TrevJel
 
TrevJel February 25, 2014
Beautiful shot
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rmr731 February 26, 2014
Love this! So much to look at! Amazing clarity and detail and lovely composition! Congrats!
northcoastgreg
 
northcoastgreg February 28, 2014
Thanks TrevJel, AnnuO, alexandracamilleri, djkeder, & rmr731.
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Sandro_Ortolani February 28, 2014
Woaaaaaaahaaa ... PERFECT!!!
djensen
 
djensen March 02, 2014
Gorgeous capture, congrats!
northcoastgreg
 
northcoastgreg March 02, 2014
Thanks Ti-Pictures, Diane1952, djensen.
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shema July 21, 2015
outstanding!
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rosaposa February 07, 2016
Wonderful shot!

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#Colorado National Monument #sun #tree
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Behind The Lens

Location

Colorado National Monument

Time

Morning, after sunrise.

Lighting

Difficult lighting, as I'm essentially shooting right into the sun.

Equipment

Pentax K-5, Pentax DA 15 f4 Limited lens, Feisol tripod

Inspiration

I wanted to try to get a unique shot of this tree and also get a sunburst shot of the sun.

Editing

Brought up the shadows, plus other exposure tweaks.

In my camera bag

Pentax K-5iis, Pentax DA 15 f4 Limited, standard zoom lens, other lenses as needed

Feedback

You need a lens with good flare resistance to shoot into the sun. Oftentimes prime lenses have better flare resistance than zooms, because primes have less glass. Also, when shooting into the sun, you want to maximize the dynamic range of your camera's sensor, which can be accomplished by shooting at the very lowest ISO. Shoot in raw, shoot in manual exposure, and use the histogram when you review the image and "expose to the right" of the histogram (meaning expose just to the point of clipping hi-lights) for optimal exposure. This will enable you to bring back detail in shadows in post.

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