Shooting Into the Sun
What to do when the sun is still high enough to wash out colors and to cast harsh shadows and, when I'm not very patient at waiting until the sun sets so I can take some 'golden hour' shots at the beach? Well, I found a composition I liked where the tidal waters had receded to form a leading 'S' curve line to the sea stacks that were silhouetted in front of the sun. I had a polarizer on my lens and set my camera to -2 stops exposure to compensate for the harsh light. In post processing I cropped half of the sun out to bring attention to the interesting rays and sun flare and then boosted the colors that were washed out in the original image. (Another case of 'making do' and 'rethinking possibilities' as I talked about in the last post.)
