Rays of light.

Oregon Viking · Feb 9, 2015

Finally! I saw this while driving down the highway, I did not have my tripod, and I wish I was at the beach!

tamrock · Feb 9, 2015

That's pretty neat.

ronwoodcraft · Feb 9, 2015

Awesome!!!

DizzyDigger · Feb 9, 2015

Gorgeous pics OV.. :occasion14:

Permission to have my way with them?

Oregon Viking · Feb 9, 2015

DizzyDigger said:
Gorgeous pics OV..

Permission to have my way with them?

Yes sir!! do you need an original? I tried to get a bit more color with these. ^
Thanks!

BosnMate · Feb 9, 2015

great picture

DizzyDigger · Feb 9, 2015

Oregon Viking said:
Yes sir!! do you need an original? I tried to get a bit more color with these. ^
Thanks!

They're both nice shots, just as they are....but still.. 8-)

It must have been a dry day, as the color spectrum in the rays was
somewhat limited...no purples or reds beyond what can be seen.
Tried to go a different way with them and just bring out the best
in the rays. Had to do quite a bit to get the noise out from the low light
conditions, and that's when a longer exposure or higher ISO can
come in handy. For being handheld shots you did a heck of a job!

Here's my renditions..

Oregon Viking · Feb 9, 2015

DizzyDigger said:
They're both nice shots, just as they are....but still..

It must have been a dry day, as the color spectrum in the rays was
somewhat limited...no purples or reds beyond what can be seen.
Tried to go a different way with them and just bring out the best
in the rays. Had to do quite a bit to get the noise out from the low light
conditions, and that's when a longer exposure or higher ISO can
come in handy. For being handheld shots you did a heck of a job!

Here's my renditions..

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Thank you! I can not adjust anything with my point and shoot. Here are some pics without any editing.

rginn · Feb 10, 2015

Cool pic. The mothership is landing or God's flashlight shining down lookin for tracks!

Oregon Viking · Feb 10, 2015

Thank you DizzyDigger for your renditions, very nice. I put up a few different ones, feel free! :icon_thumright:

Oregon Viking · Mar 3, 2015

A HUGE thank you to Alex Burke! It was your picture http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-daily-snapshot/449383-shafts-light-above-bay-area.html and info that had me looking for the right "moment"

Alex Burke said:
Hi RGINN usually anytime you get the shafts of light it's just for a few minutes and usually about a half hour or 45min before actual sunset so this pic is a little deceptive in that regard, but for lighting like this what I look for is a layer of clouds at about 1500-2500ft then I try to get to an elevation far enough away and usually about same elevation as the cloud layer. Then I hope for the sun to drop behind the clouds creating a look almost like a natural back-light. One thing I've discovered is that rainy days or days when they say it will rain are often the best for photography most people stay home afraid to get themselves or gear wet but those are the days you will get awesome ice-cream looking cirrus clouds or other amazing looking scenes like rainbows or epic sunsets in my short experience.

If you are ever trying to shoot a shafts of light and often with sunsets it is best to underexpose a little to accentuate the shafts/shadows of the scene and you can always brighten the pic up later if it looks too dark. I would also bracket three shots as most modern cameras do that now if you can. When I got most these shots I was shooting time-lapse so I had it set to just take pic after pic at same exposure but if you are taking reg pics with bracketing you can give yourself more options when you get the pics home. Hope this sort of answers your question.

Peyton Manning · Mar 3, 2015

ahhh I recall buzzing your house in my ship, surprised you caught me.

BTW don't you ever work? Seems all you do is take pics ( which you do very well)

Treasure_Hunter · Mar 3, 2015

Oregon Viking said:
Finally! I saw this while driving down the highway, I did not have my tripod, and I wish I was at the beach!

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I think that is what is called hole punch cloud.....

Here is another example...

Oregon Viking · Mar 6, 2015

jeff-gordon said:
ahhh I recall buzzing your house in my ship, surprised you caught me.

BTW don't you ever work? Seems all you do is take pics ( which you do very well)

Yes Jeff I work. Why are you IRS? :laughing7:

Contractor, I work 7-1 or 2 Monday thru Thursday I avoid 9-5. That is the reason I became self employed. I have a couple of employees....younger then me. I let them do the "work" Concrete, beams, roofing...
I like the trim, crown molding cabinets etc.

Oregon Viking · Apr 8, 2015

jeff-gordon said:
ahhh I recall buzzing your house in my ship, surprised you caught me.

BTW don't you ever work? Seems all you do is take pics ( which you do very well)

Your ship? Are you ever coming back Jeff? :laughing7:

RustyGold · May 8, 2016

Looks like a pyramid of light. Beautiful photo, Great eye!

kcm · May 9, 2016

I see rays coming down through the clouds quite often around here. But only a couple times in my life have I seen what appeared to be the light shining UPWARD through the clouds to the sky. That's truly amazing! ...Never seem to have a camera handy - or at least didn't used to. Never leave home without it now.