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[Closed] Photo Theme Challenge, Week #38 - Flare [Deadline: Saturday, March 2]

 
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 Jason Polak
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Topic starter February 24, 2024 6:29 am  

Thanks everyone for posting their photos in last week's challenge! This week's theme is "flare" as in lens flare caused by dramatic light!


   
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February 25, 2024 3:39 pm  

Sunset Flare 

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Taken on Canon R7 at sunset.  F16 to get a nice flare, 1/200s and ISO 400. I careful tucked half the sun behind one of the bridge columns. 


   
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February 26, 2024 6:57 am  
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This is an HDR of 3 photos taken at sunset at the Torii (a traditional japanese door) in Chascomus Lake, Buenos Aires, Argentina.


   
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February 26, 2024 11:26 am  
2011 10 15 EOS600D1 2011 10 15 0842 1 1 Standard WEB 2024 02 26 18 23 13

A triptych shot in 2011 in Rue Crebillon, Nantes.


   
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February 26, 2024 12:18 pm  
2015 10 3347 Hochlantsch RB

A summit cross on a mountain, which I reached on a cold October day. Weather startzed already to change so I had to leave soon after taking this shot.

Canon EOS 7D mark II, 16 mm, f/22, 1/320 sec, ISO 100


   
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February 26, 2024 12:50 pm  
2016 Naxos RB 0603

A nice restaurant in Naxos/Greece. They served their excellent seafood in the evening directly on the beach - very romantic!

Canon EOS 7D mark II, 16 mm, f/8, 5 sec, ISO 100


   
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February 26, 2024 1:38 pm  

Am I the only one who sees a horse here? Gust of wind in the mountains.

nikon z6 + z24-200

DSZ 0085

 


   
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 Robert
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February 27, 2024 9:30 am  

Yesterday, I took a hike to photograph some flare for this week’s challenge. 

Nikon D7200 + 16–80 mm f/2.8–4E VR

DSC 8491 log in Durham Forest sun star flare

@ 16 mm ISO 800 1/30 sec f/16

DSC 8508 walk in Durham Forest sun star flare

@ 24 mm ISO 800 1/40 sec f/16


   
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February 27, 2024 9:34 am  

@prg-lagarde Cool triptych.


   
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February 27, 2024 10:12 am  
polnocno sonce

Midnight sun

Nikon D500 + DX Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G @18mm, ISO 100, 30s, f/8


   
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February 27, 2024 2:43 pm  

@vidmarko Thanks :D 


   
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February 27, 2024 5:24 pm  
2018 Thalersee RB 7458

Winter sun in the evening on a frozen lake, where nearby Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.

Canon EOS 7D mark II, 16 mm, f/5, 1/1600 sec, ISO 100


   
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February 28, 2024 9:40 am  

Circus trick). Through the sunroof on highway. 
Nikon z6 + z14-30 BW mode

 

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February 28, 2024 11:51 am  

Embrace the flare! ;-) One from Italy and one from Norway:

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My photography website | Imagine Limburg | RetroReflection (via Substack)


   
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February 29, 2024 5:49 pm  
2022 Voegel RB 229522

A different meaning of "flare": A mallard flaring like a modern airplane. Gear down, full flaps and nose up before touchdown.

Canon EOS 7D mark II, 400 mm, f/11, 1/1600 sec, ISO 1600


   
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