? 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!

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* I’m one of the Co-Founders of I ? Faces and doing this just for fun, no winning for me.*

 

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  1. such a cool shot!
    love it!
    congrats on “manual”. 🙂

  2. 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!!
    .-= Brenda Edwards´s last blog ..Sun flare challenge! =-.

  3. Nice job…I remember the first time I put my camera on manual mode, its a little scary but totally worth it!

  4. this is an awesome shot! congrats for going manual!

  5. 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.

  6. Oh my godness! You simply rocked that out! Sadly there’s no sun for me around here.

  7. Heather Jones says:

    Very neat pic and GREAT sunflare!

  8. 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 🙂
    .-= Krysta Dey´s last blog ..iheartfaces – Week 46: Sun Flare =-.

  9. 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 😀

  10. 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?

  11. 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 =-.

  12. 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.
    He’s not arty. He doesn’t get the whole look of the flare.
    Now I have keep my sunflare parties to myself 🙂 Love yours, by the way.
    .-= tiff´s last blog ..Bright. =-.

  13. Very pretty, Amy! I like the way you played with saturation, or whatever you did to give it that soft look!

  14. 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 =-.

  15. 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 =-.

  16. Beautiful! One of these days I’ll figure out how to use full manual mode!
    .-= Screwed Up Texan´s last blog ..Take a Hike =-.

  17. Great shot, Amy!!! I have no sun flare….. you need sun to get that and it was in scarce supply this week.
    .-= Dot O´s last blog ..A Promise To Myself =-.

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