25 Excellent Sun Flare Photography Examples
- By: Nate Kay
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
![sunset in suburbia by [phil h]](/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sun6.jpg "Sun Flare")
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
- Category: Inspirations, Top Posts
- 23 Comments
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Anne-Marie Ladegaard
Awesome photos! I won’t delete my sun flare photos anymore!!
Abhilash
These photographs are really mazing and the one named “A Home Above Home by Spencer Finnley” was the one that caught my attention.
Jorgelina
WOW! Stunning photographs! Love love loooooooove “Here Comes The Sun by MrUllmi”!
TIBS
I liked the Droplets In The Sky, Oh My one in particular, very nice!
Ben Henschel
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.
baza
Sun is always a joy it is a super photo. People want there to Spain in my house, such sunsets)))
Kavriel
Very good pictures but he use photoshop
Nate
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.
jado92mx
i would love this pictures much more if all of they would be up to 1024 resolution…
but really beautiful i’ll get ‘em
Nate
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.
Halil TERZİ
super, excellent images
Melvic Cano
I Love those droplets with he reflection of the sun flare as well.
aiva
very nice.. i like this photo… especially ‘sunshine daydream by Chad Johnson’
eka
that’s awesome!! cool…. nice pics
oky
i like it…. this is so invative
amy
great examples – very helpful! thank you!
John Emmanuel Joseph
sunlight is magnified very well to give a sun flare look overall its good keep it up.
Stenverk
Very cool sun flares. Check out this to : http://www.flickr.com/photos/54303904@N06/5044091025/
Elly
So honoured to be one of the photo’s listed!
Thanx!
greetz, Elly
surreyian
do you need to use filter to achieve the starlight flare effect? my sun flare goes in all directions, it just doesnt look as nice.
Sydney Wedding Photographer
Great examples. Would be extra helpful if you could share how to best capture such lovely flares. Cheers.
Khosbayar Erdenedoo
Amazing photos. Especially Sunset for a 7 year old. Really good picture. I try that one.
Tim Hall
Here’s one of my images using a bit of sun flare
http://timhallphotography.co.uk/landscapes_the_elemental_collection/