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Bizarre Sun

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Posted by Craig Sullivan on June 11, 2009 at 3:24 AM
Smoke from fires in B.C. created a strange dim orange sun that looked almost like Jupiter.
Taken from south Whidbey Island. Weatherman in Seattle 30 miles south said the sky was fushia.

Nikon D40x
1/125s f/9.0 at 300.0mm iso100

Had to do a lot of color adjusting in Lightroom to make it look close to what I saw. But my eyes did not see the yellow. It looked all orange to me.

So much for "digital manipulation". I think it starts with the camera, and then we "manipulate" how we want it to look - what we saw or what we create.
Posted by Mark Windom on June 11, 2009 at 2:07 PM
This is a view of the sun we don't get to see very often. Great color, too. Looks like the trees at the bottom of the frame are leaning to the left...
Posted by Erik Lundh on June 12, 2009 at 12:34 AM
A few years back I was out in central Oregon when they had all those fires. (06'?). I was intrigued from the photo's but I didn't think I could do anything with them. Kind of feel the same with this one. Isn't it kind of rare for BC to have fires this early?
Posted by Darren White on June 12, 2009 at 3:17 AM
This is by far the best image of the sun I have ever seen!!!!!! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Cliff Dodge on June 12, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Nice capture. Great color. :)
Posted by Kosta Koeman on June 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM
There are some fires in BC and the winds have pushed the smoke south, giving us some great sunsets recently.
Posted by Jack Graham on June 14, 2009 at 11:44 AM
This is truly something very special!
JG
Posted by Erik Lundh on June 14, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Maybe I should go back and re think the images I took of the sun during the big fires in central Oregon. Didn't think they were special but from the comment's you recieved, I could be wrong.
Posted by Aaron Ellingsen on June 15, 2009 at 12:45 AM
I'm just sitting here mesmerized by that sun. :cool:

I don't see anything wrong with this shot, but I'd be tempted to crop so the sun were either dead center left to right, or farther off center. Aesthetically its in an odd place for me.

If this is from a forest fire, it does seem awfully early in the year. Hopefully not signs of what is in store for us this summer....
Posted by Joseph Campisi on June 17, 2009 at 1:48 AM
Was this last Tuesday? Saw this on the way home from taking some out of town guests on a quick drive to Mt. Rainier. Wish I would have pulled over!
Posted by Craig Sullivan on June 17, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Monday June 8. :cool:
Posted by Catherine Reilly on June 25, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Amazing! So glad to see this unique take on the sun.