Cyclop's Good Eye

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 26, 2010244 views9 comments

The last sun halo photo I shared did not seem to be very interesting to folks. I'm assuming this one will not be either, but what the hell, I think it's kind of unique. I haven't seen too many sun halo images other than just the halo itself to be honest...

Same location as the last image, just a bit earlier before the tide came in. The halo is a little less circular as it was lower on the horizon.

Thanks for looking. Feel free to critique. I did go a little nuts with the db, but seeing as how many cultures considered these things either good omens, or a sign of the end times coming, a darker mood seemed to fit.

Ah yes, I'll ask again in hopes of someone out there knowing more about these things. What are the inner portions on the sides of the ring called? They almost seem like the edges of secondary rings... Any help is appreciated.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Helio Cristovao on March 26, 2010 at 6:20 AM

Nice work with processing and conversion, your "darker" mood is working well for my personal taste, and the high contrast feel I agree that suits the image.
This is a strange and really interesting phenomenon, don´t know much about it´s formation, I´ve seen few of this. I enjoyed your shot, very well done ;)

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on March 26, 2010 at 6:25 AM

The sunstar within the halo and the trail in the foreground combine to give this much more interest than your first offering.

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on March 26, 2010 at 10:04 AM

I prefer this one, the BW treatment gives it a powerful feeling

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Comment posted by Scott Snyder on March 26, 2010 at 12:53 PM

over the top - yes. overblown - yes. very very cool - yes!

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Comment posted by Daniel Cartamil on March 26, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Really interesting shot, and I like the lead-in at the bottom. A good foreground seems essential for theis kind of shot to work.

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on March 26, 2010 at 6:37 PM

This is much better than the other sunspot shot you posted. Yes, the processing is over the top, but it works here due to the unusual nature of the subject.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on March 27, 2010 at 1:42 AM

That's neat. You can just imagine some ancient culture seeing that and giving it special significance. It's kind of mesmerizing.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on March 28, 2010 at 12:31 AM

Nicolaus,

I think this is very interesting and give a great ominous feel to it. I think it is well concived and executed all around. Don't understand why you don't have more comments on it.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on April 10, 2010 at 6:24 AM

Thanks for the comments. Youssef, most people may doubt this is a real image as it is seems so unnatural...so perhaps that is why there are a lack of comments. Or...maybe it's just a bad photo...dunno. ;] However, it is real, and I've never seen another image of a sun halo quite like this one.

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments