morning sunrise problem - need advise

[jstanker]

I took this sun rise the other day, but have had problems getting rid of the ring around the sun. brightening the image seems to help but at the expense of being washed out looking.

do you have any suggestions on how I can eliminate the sun's ring or how to shoot this differently so that the ring is not visable?

Thanks for your help

Jerry

http://www.pbase.com/jstanker/image/35717718

[dtrayers]

It would help to have a little more technical information, like what kind of camera, lens, settings, etc.

Did you have a UV filter on the lens? You're shooting directly into the sun. Looks like a reflection off the filter...

[jstanker]

Canon 10D
Canon 100-400 shot at 105mm
1/80 sec
f/10
Exposure mode - manual
metering mode - pattern

shot directly into the sun
no filters used

very early sunrise with little light as sun was this deep orangish color

thanks for your help

Jerry

[hipshot]

If you have photoshop mess around with the color select option. You can get decent results without knowing too much about PS with photographs like yours that have few but distinct colors.