22 degrees

[JimFox]

Last Friday I saw the clouds looking good down at the beach and was thinking it would make for some great B&W shooting since it was midday. When I got down there the clouds were radiating out from behind the pier and I ran down to start shooting again totally thinking B&W. Well the sun was just out of the frame, and while shooting I was only trying to block any lens flaring from the sun, it wasn't until I got home that I saw that I had also captured the phenomena known as a 22 degree halo.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow - thats an amazing effect. The light in the clouds is incredible. Even the surfer seems impressed.

Any clue on how to look for what you captured with 20/20 hindsight?

 

[Ben Egbert]

Really neat effect, and a great image.

 

[BarryHamilton]

The light in the clouds, including the colorful halo, is really cool!

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Great job, Jim.

 

[JimFox]

Wow - thats an amazing effect. The light in the clouds is incredible. Even the surfer seems impressed.

Any clue on how to look for what you captured with 20/20 hindsight?

Thanks Alan,

Maybe I could have seen it if I was looking closer, I was just so focused on capturing the cloud shape before it changed and also from blocking the sun which wasn't too much higher then the top of my frame. I think knowledge about it happening, and that awareness might make me more conscious of it next time.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Beautiful Jim, and love the surfer standing right there like he is admiring the view also. I love when there is a halo like that in the clouds.

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful Jim, and love the surfer standing right there like he is admiring the view also. I love when there is a halo like that in the clouds.

Thanks Darcy. I am glad you like this. Shots like this only last for a moment as the surfers rarely stay for long in one place.

 

[Martín el Escocés]

Beautiful effect that has in the clouds. Cool scene, anyway - did you try it in B+W BTW?