Why does the sun have a red ring around the edge????
Aug 17, 2013 12:42:06 #
dpullum wrote:
There is a bit of an odd eye/brain effect if you focus on the image of the sun (photo) and then cover the sun, the ring will blend more with the background. Or is that just me seeing this??
That could be right, will have to play around with the photo to see if it can be edited a little.
Aug 17, 2013 12:59:56 #
Atmosphere....pure and simple. Depending on the time of the day and the location of the camera lock (hand or tripod) the dynamics of the light are created by the lens according to the filter of the earth's atmosphere, particularly in the evening when the sun is very low on the horizon. The "red" is a scatter of the light reaching the lens. An added filter (daylight, corrective or polarized) can bend the flare to a different capture of the light. Each added filter also reduces the captured light which requires a more open aperture setting and slower light capture with the increasing down movement of the sun at that time.
I work this stuff in Photoshop with the saturation feature. I'm sure Elements can compensate, but then the human eye is the best lens, not the camera's. Enjoy the fleeting moment and dynamics of the human eye, and take many shots with the camera lens. Enjoy the creation around you, more than hiding behind a viewfinder, rather capturing what your eyes can behold!
I work this stuff in Photoshop with the saturation feature. I'm sure Elements can compensate, but then the human eye is the best lens, not the camera's. Enjoy the fleeting moment and dynamics of the human eye, and take many shots with the camera lens. Enjoy the creation around you, more than hiding behind a viewfinder, rather capturing what your eyes can behold!
Aug 17, 2013 13:22:57 #
LGilbert
Loc: Earth
Recently, scientists have noticed that the sun is developing a red film over its surface characteristic of the initial stages of transforming into a red giant wherein it expands to many times its current size and toasts the inner planets. It's too early to panic, but emergency evacuation plans should be part of every household's disaster preparations.
Aug 17, 2013 13:31:21 #
LGilbert wrote:
Recently, scientists have noticed that the sun is developing a red film over its surface characteristic of the initial stages of transforming into a red giant wherein it expands to many times its current size and toasts the inner planets. It's too early to panic, but emergency evacuation plans should be part of every household's disaster preparations.
It's not a question of if it could happen, but a question of when.
Aug 17, 2013 13:40:25 #
LGilbert
Loc: Earth
Bill Houghton wrote:
It's not a question of if it could happen, but a question of when.
Be prepared. Make plans now.
Aug 17, 2013 14:57:02 #
Eventually everything will change in a millennium, but for now, I'm sure my grandchildren's children will not experience that phenomenon of a dying star. Enjoy and capture today!
Aug 17, 2013 15:09:29 #
boncrayon wrote:
Eventually everything will change in a millennium, but for now, I'm sure my grandchildren's children will not experience that phenomenon of a dying star. Enjoy and capture today!
Your a fun breaker. Geewiss
Aug 17, 2013 18:19:20 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Its caused by smoke in the air from wildfires.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 17, 2013 18:20:38 #
Here is what I thought was a reasonable explanation...or at least a place to start.
http://www.universetoday.com/18568/ring-around-the-sun/
http://www.universetoday.com/18568/ring-around-the-sun/
Aug 17, 2013 18:27:08 #
Lorima wrote:
Thanks MT Shooter, it was very hazy that night around the mountains so that could be why. We always have some type of forest fires burning in the mountains sadly.
It will be somewhat rare for ANY camera to not show some of those effects when including the sun at angles that are safe to shoot at due to the normal atmospheric haze, cloud cover, smoke from forest fires, smog from cities, etc. And that is part of the mystique and enjoyment of capturing those awesome colors exhibited by sunsets, sunrises, etc.
Aug 17, 2013 18:29:39 #
boncrayon wrote:
Eventually everything will change in a millennium, but for now, I'm sure my grandchildren's children will not experience that phenomenon of a dying star. Enjoy and capture today!
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 17, 2013 20:20:01 #
Aug 17, 2013 23:57:21 #
Lorima wrote:
I was taking some photo's last night of the sunset over some sunflower fields. The sky was on fire with bright shades of red, orange and purple which turned the sun a pink color.
I was using my Canon SX50 which right now does NOT have a polarized filter and was wondering if that may have been the problem.
I was using my Canon SX50 which right now does NOT have a polarized filter and was wondering if that may have been the problem.
It is white because it is overexposed. A polarizer would not help
Aug 18, 2013 09:38:00 #
I just was at the beach and I took Picture's of sunrises and the sun always came out different than what it looked like to the naked eye, and yet the reflections in the water were pretty close to what the sun looked liked, and I was using my Nikon d3100
Aug 18, 2013 16:01:39 #
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