Ocean Sunset
Oct 8, 2019 14:46:17 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Yesterday I was in Mendocino Ca. and took a series of shots of the sun setting into the Ocean. The atmospheric distortion added a few color highlights to some of the shots and changed the shape of the sun from moment to moment. A few of the pictures also had a bird flying by in the distance. Once the sun had set I also took a shot of the moon with the dark blue sky as the background. All these shots where taken using a 500mm Canon lens with an 2X teleconverter attached to get a 1000mm focal length. The shot of the moon was also slightly cropped to bring out more detail. All suggestions and comments are welcome.
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Oct 8, 2019 15:06:26 #
You may not realize this, BUT on photos #2 and #3, you happened to capture the “Green Flash” at the top of the sun. Google it. It’s a rare atmospheric phenomenon! Great job, even if by accident! 👍
Oct 8, 2019 15:12:56 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
I noticed the colors from the atmospheric distortion. I thought that the green flash was the same type of phenomena but usually associated with the moment the sun completely sets.
Oct 8, 2019 15:12:56 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
I noticed the colors from the atmospheric distortion. I thought that the green flash was the same type of phenomena but usually associated with the moment the sun completely sets.
Oct 8, 2019 15:21:29 #
Oct 8, 2019 15:24:26 #
Oct 8, 2019 16:13:29 #
ClarkG wrote:
You may not realize this, BUT on photos #2 and #3, you happened to capture the “Green Flash” at the top of the sun. Google it. It’s a rare atmospheric phenomenon! Great job, even if by accident! 👍
Yes, cool. I've never seen the Green Flash in person. But then I don't make a habit of looking at the sun.
Oct 8, 2019 17:04:11 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Normally the green flash occurs for just a second or two. So this is could probably be described as more of a green linger as it shows in two photo's that where ~1 minute apart and was several minutes before the sun actually set. Thanks to all for checking out the photo's.
Oct 9, 2019 09:39:22 #
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Oct 10, 2019 12:30:56 #
TBerwick
Loc: Houston, Texas
The green flash occurs when the very top of the sun disappears below the surface of the ocean. I suspect what you have there is a little bit of chromatic aberration. Nice photos none-the-less.
Oct 10, 2019 16:03:27 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
It was definitely chromatic aberration from the atmospheric layers since I haven’t seen this before or since with this lens.
Oct 31, 2019 21:13:08 #
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