Sunray photography

[Cloudy Wizzard]

I've seen many great pictures on the net which show a forest-like landschape and the sunrays shining through the treetops.

now I'm wondering if there is a special way to make these shots or do you just go out in the forrest on a sunny morning/evening and take pictures with the sun at 10 O-clock or somethink like this ??

We've been having bad weather (clouded and rainy) the last few weeks (and still no end in sight) so I don't think it's the ideal weather to go out and try myself so I thought I'd ask here and hopefully I can try it in a few days.

[lordson]

i dont think it has anything to do with the camera

if the sun rays are there, they're there, you can't create them with the camera only caputre them

[AlmightyPentax]

Kicking up some dust can help though. Just don't get any in your camera.

[Cloudy Wizzard]

Originally Posted by AlmightyPentax

Kicking up some dust can help though. Just don't get any in your camera.

Oh, so basically this is a result of taking a picture on a foggy morning so you'll see the runrays reflect on the fogg ?

But you'll need the correct amount of fogg for this to result well in the picture ?.

[khardur]

Originally Posted by Cloudy Wizzard

Oh, so basically this is a result of taking a picture on a foggy morning so you'll see the runrays reflect on the fogg ?

But you'll need the correct amount of fogg for this to result well in the picture ?.

Yeah - you'll need the correct amount of fog, and the right angle - as the rays will just disappear depending on your angle.





I was walking through the woods and happened to have this patch of fog drift by. It lasted about 10 minutes, so I was basically running around taking shots.

The morning after an overnight rain while it's clearing up is usually a good time to find fog, but it's a fine line from where it starts to burn off enough that sun rays come through like this and the point where the fog is gone.