I Captured some Rays! Yey!

[karlo reyes]

i was so excited with this snap because its the first time i captured the sun's rays! i was so focused in metering my foreground and i didn't mind looking at the horizon haha i was just lucky NO HDR here.

what could be the best settings to capture the rays specially when its just peeking among some dark clouds??? really enjoyed processing this shot, at first its not visible then after it slowly creeped in the photo!

4 STONES
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[Rachel Foster]

Oh, I've been working on that for ages! Congrats!

 

[nicolas claris]

Hi Karlo
you may get it even more dramatic :

© karlo reyes, edited by Nicolas Claris

Added some midtone contrast and a very slight sharpening…

 

[karlo reyes]

hi nic thanks for giving time to edit the image. i wanted to make this image as natural as it can get so i decided no to over saturate or over sharpen it.. but your take gave the waves more contrast and more dynamic! love it!

much respect,
karlo

 

[Doug Kerr]

Hi, Karlo,

i was so excited with this snap because its the first time i captured the sun's rays!

As you may know, this phenomenon is called crepuscular rays, because it is most frequently observable during the crepuscular hours; that is, just after sunup or before sunrise (although your example wasn't).

Thanks for sharing the nice shot.

 

[karlo reyes]

Hi, Karlo,



As you may know, this phenomenon is called crepuscular rays, because it is most frequently observable during the crepuscular hours; that is, just after sunup or before sunrise (although your example wasn't).

Thanks for sharing the nice shot.

will keep that in mind doug. cheers!