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So I hear /p/ likes lens flare. I took these on a trip to Tahoe a few weeks back but since I'm new to this photography thing, shooting a sunset turned out to be pretty tricky. I turned the EV down, but then the pics came out to be rather dark. But when I turn the brightness up in Photoshop (which I just installed and also don't know too much about), then I basically turn the sun into a supernova, as you can see in the pictures.

But yeah, all critique welcome.
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
/p/ doesn't enjoy lens flare, it's an inside joke.

But these are pretty much the best you can do against the sun and without using grad filters.

The silhouettes on the first one are nice.
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>> Anonymous
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Last one.

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>> Anonymous
fail for missing sunset with fire thats destroying tahoe
>> Anonymous
>>58935
Heh, didn't know as far as your first point. Duly noted.

>>58947
Well, since I took these like 3 weeks prior to the fires, I can hardly be blamed for that. Besides, I can imagine traffic being fucking insane during those fires. I still remember how I got stuck in a big ass blizzard earlier this year and it took us 12 hours to get from (north)Tahoe to Sac.