I'm new to this forum and have been amazed at the quality of the sunset images on this sight. Ian Cameron just posted a fantastic shot "sunstar cove bay" that prompted me to ask the following question:
What techniques do you find helpful in eliminating sun flare? Besides keeping the glass clean and cloning in photoshop, how do all of you continue to get these fantastic small aperture sunstars without the flare? I'd love to hear from Marc Adamus on this one since he seems to be a master at this.
For Starbursts use a wide angle with a small aperture. To reduce flare, try to hide most of the sun behind something. I learned this trick from David Muench. He suggests showing only about 1/8 of the sun.
You can hide the sun behind rocks, trees, clouds....
If you have the full sun in the frame, then the amount of flare may be be more influenced by the quality of lenses, filters, and coatings. Smaller apertures seem to make the flare more obvious, but you need small apertures for startbursts. Bit of a catch there.
Posted by Kent Staubus on July 11, 2006 at 9:52 AM
And as always, be very careful about looking through your viewfinder when the sun is shining directly through it. It can damage your eye.
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4 repliesWhat techniques do you find helpful in eliminating sun flare? Besides keeping the glass clean and cloning in photoshop, how do all of you continue to get these fantastic small aperture sunstars without the flare? I'd love to hear from Marc Adamus on this one since he seems to be a master at this.
Thanks!
Mike Anderson
www.lightscapephoto.com
Pete D.
You can hide the sun behind rocks, trees, clouds....
If you have the full sun in the frame, then the amount of flare may be be more influenced by the quality of lenses, filters, and coatings. Smaller apertures seem to make the flare more obvious, but you need small apertures for startbursts. Bit of a catch there.
Kent in SD