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Uploaded: 09/01/17 10:18 AM GMT
Sailboat in the Sunset
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This is breaking rules ..lol i know people that wont dare point their camera into the sun...lol when you're warned it means: done leave it pointed there dummy! warnings are for complete idiots in most cases.

F20

1/2500 sec

ISO 800

120mm (with a 300mm)

heres the trick to a shot like this...

meter "spot"

As you can see from the values i reduce the light coming into the camera as least as possible...in and out fast! Spot meter off the sun telling the camera that the bright light was the average over all light.(darkens the rest) you can see from the postion of the sun that there was plenty of light outside still so for it to look dark out? was just explained. this is a great option to get silhouette shots. think of it in terms of the opposite with lighting conditions? poor lighting. and...spot will become very useful. people under estimate the metering selections, pass them up altogether. its the first thing i evaluate before i take a shot...whats the lighting conditions out, or inside to the effect i want? or you can bury yourself in software for hours to make the shot...not into it! let the camera do the most for you. thats why they give you that flexibility in a DSLR, use it! for 4 yrs i been pointing that canon body into the sun and it works just fine...lol but do whats right for you. your missing out on a lot of great shots, in Raw metering is not an option to change

Software: a layer of blur and a little vignette to draw your attention to the sun and the boat...and if you look close enough? thats not one boat! theres two there, the sail boat is in front..lol its all about illusions :)

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::corngrowth
09/01/17 10:27 AM GMT
---This is breaking rules---

Chris, rules, as described by you in your narrative and e.g. the 'rules of third' are an advice to me in order to achieve a better image.
By some (?) people they are treated like a dogma, so limiting the artistic freedom of the photographer.

Your splendid capture might 'violate' the rules, but I can't image that it could be taken any better.

If this will your entry for the current contest, wish you Good Luck with it!
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.stylo
09/01/17 10:31 AM GMT
Agreed Mr C...Agreed 100% i do seem to like this silly shot out of most of mine and its really not that great over all, it was the simplicity over all that grab my attention, this was taken 2 yrs ago..just playing around on the beach of lake Michigan. its south heaven Tigs
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::tigger3
09/01/17 11:36 AM GMT
Hey there Mr. Sty, my first thought was the sunset at South Haven! Then I read your comment above and it told me my guess was right. I think this turned out so well, your narrative explaining everything is very good. I call this one a superb contest entry. tigs=^..^=
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.Jhihmoac
09/01/17 4:46 PM GMT
Postcard Perfect! Likey!
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::Nikoneer
09/02/17 2:58 PM GMT
Yeah, but you know as well as I, Chris, that our eyes do the same thing (when you're my age, and particularly when you've had the lenses inside your eyes replaced with artificial ones), so you're only giving us the truth of vision. My thought was, if there's a dad and a child on this craft, the moment the sun hits the water the dad is likely to say "Kssssssssssssssssss...", followed by the child saying, "Do it again, daddy?"

-Nik
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.bfrank
09/02/17 10:53 PM GMT
My this is a good one Chris. Break a rule or two all you want.
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.stylo
09/03/17 9:35 AM GMT
both my eyes have been done, with Sophonia lenses do to over steroid exposer cause cataracts can see great, will do it again in a heart beat
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.icedancer
09/08/17 5:33 PM GMT
Spectacular shot and thanks for the information on how you captured this beauty
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.Flmngseabass
09/16/17 4:37 PM GMT
Now that we're talking about eyes, 'eye' really like what you've done here Chris. I have seen many shots into the sun and some are okay, some suck and some are great and this works for me for sure!! I haven't had eye surgery yet but I have heavy floaters that obscure my vision but not so much that I can't appreciate this sunset/vessel shot!!!
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.rvdb
09/16/17 7:17 PM GMT
Awesome image ....frame and sell.

Rob
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