Two Suns - One Too Many? I could not resist trying to capture this double sun flare but I fear it is just too much, tell me whether you'd keep it in the swamp collection or not...

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

I could not resist trying to capture this double sun flare but I fear it is just too much, tell me whether you'd keep it in the swamp collection or not, please.

Any suggestions, fiddling, or edits are welcome, as always.

Some subset of the swamp shots will go to refresh my little gallery wall so I am thinking "print" on whichever of these I settle on.

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Pierre H.J. Dumais Loc: Mississippi Mills, Ont.

Keep it. Don't fiddle with it. It is simply excellent as is. Don't let anyone push you into making changes or doing it their way.

pierre

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Pierre H.J. Dumais wrote:

Keep it. Don't fiddle with it. It is simply excellent as is. Don't let anyone push you into making changes or doing it their way.

pierre

Ditto

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Pierre H.J. Dumais wrote:

Keep it. Don't fiddle with it. It is simply excellent as is. Don't let anyone push you into making changes or doing it their way.

pierre

Thank you Pierre. (Much as I welcome and learn from feedback, I will always end up doing what I want with my images, even if I am dead wrong:))

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

boberic wrote:

Ditto

Thank you!

tomvanb Loc: Anthem, AZ

it's a keeper, Tom

pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

Minnie, it just doesn't look right to me. I can't pin it for sure, but it might be that a reflection of a flare is not a flare (I am not sure). I am thinking that it would follow the plane of the water (but am not sure).

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

minniev wrote:

I could not resist trying to capture this double sun flare but I fear it is just too much, tell me whether you'd keep it in the swamp collection or not, please.

Any suggestions, fiddling, or edits are welcome, as always.

Some subset of the swamp shots will go to refresh my little gallery wall so I am thinking "print" on whichever of these I settle on.

Hi, Min,
My inclination is to crop just below the upper Sun spot. In so doing you retain all the benefits of its rays/"Jacob's ladders ( both the upper ones as well as those reflected, yet eliminate the distractive effect of the second super-bright spot. One is a lovely reflection, two is just one too much...and an unnecessary distraction in the otherwise beautiful composition.

Best,
Dave

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

pfrancke wrote:

Minnie, it just doesn't look right to me. I can't pin it for sure, but it might be that a reflection of a flare is not a flare (I am not sure). I am thinking that it would follow the plane of the water (but am not sure).

It feels a little odd. The lower "sun" is typical lens flare that required a bit of wrangling with the color to get the green and purple stuff out of it. The upper one is just the sun itself using the usual shooting tricks to get the star effect. I wouldn't think the angle had anything to do with their placement but I'm no expert on it by any means! Thanks for weighing in.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Uuglypher wrote:

Hi, Min,
My inclination is to crop just below the upper Sun spot. In so doing you retain all the benefits of its rays/"Jacob's ladders ( both the upper ones as well as those reflected, yet eliminate the distractive effect of the second super-bright spot. One is a lovely reflection, two is just one too much...and an unnecessary distraction in the otherwise beautiful composition.

Best,
Dave

That is something I haven't tried, thanks for the idea. I had an odd feeling about it, that I hadn't resolved, like the two are fighting each other. Thanks for checking in and offering a solution.

pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

minniev wrote:

It feels a little odd. The lower "sun" is typical lens flare that required a bit of wrangling with the color to get the green and purple stuff out of it. The upper one is just the sun itself using the usual shooting tricks to get the star effect. I wouldn't think the angle had anything to do with their placement but I'm no expert on it by any means! Thanks for weighing in.

yeah, thinking about it, the flare occurs on the lens - LOL.. I need more coffee to wake up properly..

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

Dave is correct ditch the top flare min.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Billyspad wrote:

Dave is correct ditch the top flare min.

Thanks for the vote, I will try it.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

looks fine as is
not really the reflection of the sun but it reminds me of the lines from Tolkien where he talks about sun in the sky looking at daisies in a field.

Only I immediatly thought about how he could have made the riddle about the sun (or moon) looking at its reflection in water.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

robertjerl wrote:

looks fine as is
not really the reflection of the sun but it reminds me of the lines from Tolkien where he talks about sun in the sky looking at daisies in a field.

Only I immediatly thought about how he could have made the riddle about the sun (or moon) looking at its reflection in water.

Tolkien! How wonderful, makes me feel a bit better about it. Thank you for these thoughts, I love tying literature to photography, I am such a word-addict. I have wondered if we might make more deliberate connections, here where we have so much leeway for discussion.