Cactus star

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 22, 2010113 views8 comments

The clouds were a little weak on this particular morning, so I used the sun through a saguaro cactus to add some dramatic light. By stopping down my lens, does this star effect work on this image?

C&C welcome – Please see large version .Thanks

Canon1DS mkII Canon 16-35 f/2.8 L II F/16 1/8 @ 25mm Singh-ray warming Polarizer Tk’s actions

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8 comments

Comment posted by Mark Pelton on July 22, 2010 at 5:47 PM

Exquisite.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 22, 2010 at 6:57 PM

The golden light is wonderful. Great use and placement of the sunstar too.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 22, 2010 at 7:23 PM

Beautiful. The sunstar looks great, and just in the right place imo. The large version is so nice. I really enjoy the light and color you captured.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 22, 2010 at 9:22 PM

Star works great! That and the big saguaro makes for a strong element in that side of the frame

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on July 22, 2010 at 11:50 PM

The atmospheric haze in this image provides a nice outline to the cactus on the left. Nice warm light with the sun star makes this a special image. Superb job Kyle.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on July 23, 2010 at 10:27 AM

Fabulous use of the sun star Kyle. It's perfectly placed, it's not overpowering and it really completes the image. I'm a little unsure about the blank sky in the UR, but the color gradient from white to blue as well as the secondary saguaro really minimize that. This is a beautiful and really, invigorating Sonoran desert landscape.

Lon

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Comment posted by Eric Good on July 23, 2010 at 2:53 PM

Backlighting is beautiful in the large image. I wonder what this would look like without much of the blue color in the UR portion of the sky? I kind of enjoy the featureless and colorless sky on the left in this instance. Well composed and captured!

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on July 24, 2010 at 2:11 PM

Some beautiful light here. A blend to retain a small amount of color throughout the sky would be the only thing I can suggest doing differently.

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