Expose your image properly for the lens flare
@semblance
As mentioned above, shooting straight into the sun, though necessary for lens flare,
can in fact horribly overexpose your image and white out most of your picture.
However, one of the most popular uses of lens flares these days is to allow the rest
of the photo to bathe in an ethereal, slightly overexposed light balance. If this is your
vision, then underexposing your image will be just as deadly. So what to do?
It’s important to shoot in manual for this sort of shots, as auto modes will leave a lot
of your image looking too dark. For a diffused flare, you should use a wide aperture,
keep the ISO as low as possible, then play around with the shutter speed until your
desired effect is achieved. Bracketing can also help you here, so that you can shoot
several shots at different shutter speeds, just in case.
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