Jul. 27 / Inspirations / 12 Comments
25 Excellent Sun Flare Photography Examples
When you take a photograph and direct sunlight contacts the many pieces of glass in your lens, it usually creates reflections and flares in your photographs. This is called sun flare and using equipment like the lens hood can take care of this ‘problem’. Then again, sometimes that flare makes your picture look even better. Here are 25 great examples of photography using sun flare. Just don’t go around staring at the sun all day with your camera if this inspires you to do so.

Fire Mountain by Nate Kay

staring at the sun by I, Timmy

watching by Tricky

sunshine daydream by Chad Johnson

Sunset for a Seven year old. by Elly
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![Sun Flare sunset in suburbia by [phil h]](http://www.photographyblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sun6.jpg)
sunset in suburbia by phil h

Dunes Sunrise by Liquid Lucidity

Sunny sky by perfect hexagon

Thorugh the window by Tambako the Jaguar

acid flash by ph0t0s

A Home Above Home by Spencer Finnley

sun by onlinewoman

Here Comes The Sun by MrUllmi

Winer Sunsets Stink by HckySo

Beatdown by Marty.FM

Buen Lunes by Paco CT

We Want U by Takashy

Image by riot jane

Flare by Jogesh S

Feathered Sun 2 by la febbra

Droplets In The Sky, Oh My by mommamia

Sun Flare by Davic

Red Leaves by Queen Roly

Into the Sun by mint imperial

Trislander Sunset by neilalderney123
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12 Responses
7.27.2009
Awesome photos! I won’t delete my sun flare photos anymore!!
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7.27.2009
These photographs are really mazing and the one named “A Home Above Home by Spencer Finnley” was the one that caught my attention.
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7.30.2009
WOW! Stunning photographs! Love love loooooooove “Here Comes The Sun by MrUllmi”!
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7.30.2009
I liked the Droplets In The Sky, Oh My one in particular, very nice!
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8.6.2009
Really awesome stuff. A lot of people go to great lengths to reduce or eliminate flare but in certain situations it can really look good.
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8.6.2009
Sun is always a joy it is a super photo. People want there to Spain in my house, such sunsets)))
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8.13.2009
Very good pictures but he use photoshop
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Nate Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
It’s amazing the cool effects you can achieve if you get the right angle on the sun. You don’t need ps to achieve what some of these pictures show.
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8.14.2009
i would love this pictures much more if all of they would be up to 1024 resolution…
but really beautiful i’ll get ‘em
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Nate Reply:
August 15th, 2009 at 9:07 am
If you click on the link to each photo, some of the photographers do offer the 1024 size. If they do, you’ll see an ‘all sizes’ link above the photo.
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9.26.2009
super, excellent images
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10.16.2009
I Love those droplets with he reflection of the sun flare as well.
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