Creative Photography

[Aravis]

Must admit I'm sceptical that it's sunlight: looks rather more like feature lighting, zooming in... still, it's certainly a very curious effect!

Here is the evidence I have, zooming in on my original images. The second is from the picture posted above; the first was taken just under 2 minutes earlier. EXIF data shows the camera settings to be identical:

And here's what the western skyline looked like at the same time:

The illuminated building is due south from my vantage point, which means that the angle between myself, the building and the sun will have been greater than 90°, and anything else lit up by the same shaft of light must be well out of shot on the left.

Had I realised how unlikely this would look after the event I would have gathered more evidence!

(Edited to put the first two images side-by-side)

 

[briantrumpet]

Here is the evidence I have, zooming in on my original images. The second is from the picture posted above; the first was taken just under 2 minutes earlier. EXIF data shows the camera settings to be identical:

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And here's what the western skyline looked like at the same time:

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The illuminated building is due south from my vantage point, which means that the angle between myself, the building and the sun will have been greater than 90°, and anything else lit up by the same shaft of light must be well out of shot on the left.

Had I realised how unlikely this would look after the event I would have gathered more evidence!

Ha, thanks. It certainly is a weird effect, whatever caused it!!

 

[briantrumpet]

Freeze frame.

Both were about 1/20s, with ISO set at 80 to try to get long enough exposure so that the moving water would be blurred, in contrast to the ice.

 

[briantrumpet]

Shadows...

 

[Beebo]

I had a hour to kill today, so I walked along the industrial Thames Estuary.
Is there beauty in the ugly?
Probably a bit like a grade D GCSE photography course work.

 

[briantrumpet]

I had a hour to kill today, so I walked along the industrial Thames Estuary.
Is there beauty in the ugly?
Probably a bit like a grade D GCSE photography course work.

Ha, that's properly creative. I like the first one in particular. But maybe just as well that I'm not a GCSE photography assessor.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I had a hour to kill today, so I walked along the industrial Thames Estuary.
Is there beauty in the ugly?
Probably a bit like a grade D GCSE photography course work.

Personally I really like the one on the right.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I had a hour to kill today, so I walked along the industrial Thames Estuary.
Is there beauty in the ugly?
Probably a bit like a grade D GCSE photography course work.

Black and White works too...

 

[Pblakeney]

When a new lens gets delivered between sunset and going out for dinner. 😢
40mm f1.2 manual @ f1.4. B&W seemed appropriate.

 

[briantrumpet]

You'll never guess what my theme was this morning. The macro setting on the OMS does what the Sony won't do with water droplets.

 

[briantrumpet]

Just looked at the 3rd one again, and think there's some sort of unintentional selfie there in the reflection, but can't quite make out what's what.

 

[briantrumpet]

Oh, and this turned out quite well. If you're navigating a boat into Topsham beware of the massive rocks on the approach, as it's a bit like St Malo... well, this shoreline puddle is.

 

[briantrumpet]

I want to be a tree... or that's what I'm leaning towards.

 

[briantrumpet]

BTW, am I misremembering that line from a Prudential advert? I've found a couple, but neither of them feature that line.

 

[briantrumpet]

BTW, am I misremembering that line from a Prudential advert? I've found a couple, but neither of them feature that line.

Flips sake, that's 33 years ago!!