Sun ray effect .

[loozhengyuan]

How do i create the effect which i can see sun rays penetrating between the clouds ?

 

[Octarine]

Learn to manage sun and clouds :bsmilie: .. or exercise in patience and watching

 

[loozhengyuan]

I want to know , the sort of formula (I suppose there is) .

 

[ziploc]

Wait for a cloudy sky where rays penetrate the clouds, then just take a pic. After that you'll need to enhance it via PP, as most of the time the effect is quite subtle.

 

[loozhengyuan]

What do i do during PP , to enhance it ?

 

[ziploc]

Simple curve adjustment will do, by using an s-curve to pull the shadows down and the hightlights up, which is basically increasing the contrast in a controlled manner.

 

[night86mare]

How do i create the effect which i can see sun rays penetrating between the clouds ?

you need to get those rays.

then you can emphasize it with curves, contrast, gamma adjustments.

 

[ziploc]

Ok, took one a moment ago at 6.40pm just for you.

Adjusted:
- curve
- gamma
- color balance

Cheers.

 

[loozhengyuan]

Pretty ! Sorry to further question . Like how to adjust the curve ? as in from which point to which . And for gamma ? Colour and contrast adjustments i know .

 

[night86mare]

Pretty ! Sorry to further question . Like how to adjust the curve ? as in from which point to which . And for gamma ? Colour and contrast adjustments i know .

if you google photoshop CURVES

there are very good tutorials out there to explain how it works.

 

[ziploc]

There are no fix rules for curve and gamma adjustments, main objective is to enhance the rays to have better contrast vs. the surrounding, and normally it is an s-curve. You need to play with them to get the feel, and adjust according to your liking.

 

[ziploc]

Btw, here is an excellent tutorial on curve adjustment.

 

[loozhengyuan]

Thanks for the help !

 

[ArcticFox]

The most important part is still to capture it. Photoshop can't do too much.

 

[xiiaoDEATH]

Ok, took one a moment ago at 6.40pm just for you.

Adjusted:
- curve
- gamma
- color balance

Cheers.

hope you don't mind this

would you post before and after photo.

i would like to see what the difference on it

 

[ziploc]

Sure.

Waiting for the right moment to take the pic is also important. Here is one I took earlier that does not have very obvious rays, even after post processing:

 

[xiiaoDEATH]

thanks for sharing sir.

really love it. would like to try it out one day

 

[denniskee]

may i know what type of metering mode u use and where to meter go get the most out the the image before pping?

 

[ziploc]

It was just simple matrix metering.

 

[Octarine]

Waiting for the right moment to take the pic is also important. Here is one I took earlier that does not have very obvious rays, even after post processing

Did you leave the dust spot intentionally?