I Heart Faces – Sun Flare
Posted by Amy | Filed under I Heart Faces, Photography
I ♥ Faces “Sun Flare” Photo Challenge
This was my first EVER attempt at putting my camera on manual mode. I was very excited to catch this sun flare! It caused a nerd alert among my friends… they didn’t know what all the excitement was about. ha!
* I’m one of the Co-Founders of I ♥ Faces and doing this just for fun, no winning for me.*
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Tags: I Heart Faces, photo, photo challenge, Photography, sun flare
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
haha it’s so great the things we get excited about
I love this shot!!!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Oh my goodness — that’s amazing for your first attempt at manual!! Beautiful sun flare
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November 22nd, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Great shot, Amy!!! I have no sun flare….. you need sun to get that and it was in scarce supply this week.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Beautiful! One of these days I’ll figure out how to use full manual mode!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I absolutely LOVE the colors in this photo. And I love the nerd alert. Too funny!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Good capture!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 pm
pfft. You just toss this off like no big deal. Well, let me tell ya.. to me? It’s a BIG deal! I’ve read online tutorials and tried to figure it out, but if I get sunflare, I pretty much also get silhouettes. Or close to it. grrr. Anyway, yes, you SHOULD be jumping up and down because of that shot and yes, my friends have their “nerd alert” radar gong when I come around, too. Cause if I get anything even close to sunflare, it’s like the heavens part and the angels sing, and I expect EVERYONE to stop and worship. Just sayin’…..
Pam D´s last blog ..I Heart Faces-Sunflare at Sunset
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November 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 am
Very nice! Love ballpark shots!
Donna´s last blog ..I got a flare for this sort of thing….
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November 23rd, 2009 at 12:12 am
I remember this one!
I really love the soft look to this photo. So pretty!
~Angie
co-founder of I ♥ Faces
Angie from The Arthur Clan´s last blog ..~Photo Challenge: “Sun Flare”~
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November 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 am
Nerd alert! That’s funny because I’m pretty sure I get that all the time…people just don’t usually say it. (But I know they’re thinking it!)
You have such a pretty group of friends. I think the processing on this photo is perfect!
Andrea´s last blog ..i ♥ faces ~ sun flare
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 am
Gorgeous! You nailed it!!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 am
ooooh, Amy! I LOVE it! and I also love the way you desaturated it and played up the oranges. gorgeous!
Susan´s last blog ..I Heart Flare with All My Heart …
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November 23rd, 2009 at 2:57 am
Very pretty, Amy! I like the way you played with saturation, or whatever you did to give it that soft look!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 am
Heh, I remember the first time I caught flare. I was so excited! I showed it to my husband and he was all “meh, what is with all the artifact?” and totally blew my sunflare high.
Love yours, by the way.
He’s not arty. He doesn’t get the whole look of the flare.
Now I have keep my sunflare parties to myself
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November 23rd, 2009 at 7:18 am
I love this … looks like a fun day! Nerd alert — hahahaha — some people don’t understand us, but that’s OK!
Heather´s last blog ..i heart faces – sun flare
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November 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 am
The first time I got sun flare, I was fooling around outside, taking self portraits of myself. I was totally surprised, but I loved the effect! The next couple times I tried to get one, I got silhouettes… and then I was taking pictures of my husband and son outside, and I got one by accident!
I think I’m addicted to sun flare, now. I’m going to try to keep getting it!
Great picture, I love all the smiles and the background is cool, too! Were you at a football stadium?
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November 23rd, 2009 at 8:44 am
I really love this picture!! Great job!
Jess´s last blog ..I Heart Faces: Sun Flare
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November 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
Wow your first time? You are a natural!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 am
That’s a lovely shot and worthy of a nerd moment
I’m amazed that you can remember it was your first ever manual shot though – must have been the flare that made it so memorable 
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November 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
Your “nerd alert” made me laugh… I sooo know the feeling. haha. This is a great image – nice work for the first time in manual. Gotta love the flare
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November 23rd, 2009 at 11:43 am
Love the color in this photo!
Sara Schwab´s last blog ..I {heart} Faces – Week 46 – Sun Flare
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November 23rd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Very neat pic and GREAT sunflare!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Oh my godness! You simply rocked that out! Sadly there’s no sun for me around here.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Wow. What a great picture. And I LOVE your processing too. How pretty is that?
Life with Kaishon´s last blog ..I’ll take a little bit of sun flare, por favor!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
The colors are fantastic in this photo! I love the sun with all of the orange outfits, it just looks warm and inviting! Very nice.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
LOL!! Too funny, you nailed it! Love this shot!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
wow absolutely incredible!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Great picture and flare
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November 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
this is an awesome shot! congrats for going manual!
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November 24th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Lovely capture!!!
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November 24th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Nice job…I remember the first time I put my camera on manual mode, its a little scary but totally worth it!
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November 24th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
THis is a GREAT photo! I never know how much is too much flair and I think you hit it right on! You can still see your friends expressions and that is priceless!!
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November 24th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Very cool. I love all of the oranges in this photo. Was that the team color or did it just so happen that everyone was wearing pumpkin-colored attire that day?
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November 26th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
such a cool shot!
love it!
congrats on “manual”.
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