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Just looking for some feed back and C&C on a picture of Peggy's Cove, NS.

On a side note, if you ever get a chance to come to Nova Scotia, make sure you stop in at Peggy's Cove, avoid the light house as it's pretty much a tourist trap, and enjoy the area around it.

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Light usually doesn't change direction in the last miles when it has come 91 million miles from the sun. If it reflects off of something it usually loses a lot of its luminescence so it's less bright.

aram535 wrote in post #6045874
Light usually doesn't change direction in the last miles when it has come 91 million miles from the sun.

Didn't you get the memo about Snell's Law?

Bit fake but kinda cool.

aram535 wrote in post #6045874
Light usually doesn't change direction in the last miles when it has come 91 million miles from the sun. If it reflects off of something it usually loses a lot of its luminescence so it's less bright.

So should it be all in one direction or should I be doing something else?

tim wrote in post #6045960
Bit fake but kinda cool.

Yah, I find it a little over done myself, though I think I like it that way better then a more subtle version.

Johnsoir wrote in post #6045991
So should it be all in one direction or should I be doing something else?

Did you see my post about Snell's Law? It's about diffraction -- the "bending" of light rays. When light passes through clouds, water, glass, etc., it changes direction. That's why sunlight coming through clouds often "fans out" as yours does. Your idea is fine but the execution needs a little more work.

tim wrote in post #6045960
Bit fake but kinda cool.

I concur...however I might even up the contrast more to accentuate the fakeness...

Cheers,

I like the effect, but one thing is distracting to me: as opposed to light being emitted from a small point (the sun), it appears to be coming from a doughnut-shaped ring. It looks like there's a light-emitting UFO on the other side of the clouds. Beam me up, Scotty!

it would work as an "Artist representation" type thing... i do like it, but I wouldnt expect folks to think it was real. good job!

I think it makes a rather boring pictures interesting. You have something going here
I have to try this out on my lifeless pictures

Johnsoir wrote in post #6045991
So should it be all in one direction or should I be doing something else?

It really depends on if you're going to realism or artistic license.

My comment was for the realism aspect. In that case, the light should be very parallel. The angle depends on what time of day you want to show.

aram535 wrote in post #6049608
It really depends on if you're going to realism or artistic license. My comment was for the realism aspect. In that case, the light should be very parallel.

No, you're overlooking diffraction. Read about it here:
http://micro.magnet.fs​u.edu …andcolor/diffra​ction.html

Or here:
http://ww2010.atmos.ui​uc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr​/opt/mch/diff.rxml

These non-parallel sunbeams are perfectly realistic:

I see this type of thing at my place all the time.

Thank goodness we never get that effect here in Arizona...
http://www.50states.co​m/flag/azflag.htm

Peano wrote in post #6049927
No, you're overlooking diffraction. Read about it here:
http://micro.magnet.fs​u.edu …andcolor/diffra​ction.html

Or here:
http://ww2010.atmos.ui​uc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr​/opt/mch/diff.rxml

These non-parallel sunbeams are perfectly realistic:
...

The non-parallel sunbeams are not a result of diffraction (well the fact that you can seem them is but...). These are commonly referred to as crepuscular rays. See http://www.atoptics.co​.uk/atoptics/ray1.htm.

The image looks a little odd because of the amount of spread relative to the position of the sun is a little off. Still a good start though .

e-k