Bonfire Memorial Photoshoot

Monday I got this wild idea to wake up before the crack of dawn and shoot the Bonfire Memorial as the sun came up. Wow, it was not a wild idea, it was a great idea! Only problem was my brain doesn’t work so well at 5 AM. It was one of those “I can’t brain today i have the dumb” moments. I took some great shots that looked awesome on the LCD screen but I didn’t realize until later that I had three major problems: I left the ISO at 800, I had my McDonald’s coffee cup in a few of the pictures, and I had my camera back in a few other pictures. Doh!

Right before the sun came up (~5:30) I was able to dial the white balance down and make the sky turn an awesome shade of blue. However, I noticed ghost lights in the shot. I wasn’t sure what it was or how to fix it so I kept shooting. Well after the shoot I was told that I was getting a reflection between the UV filter and my lens (stupid Canon filter). So I went back to the Bonfire Memorial at 8:30 that night to see if I could reproduce the shots. I was able to get the sky a dark blue but I didn’t like the color as much as the morning shot. The ghost lights showed up again and I took the filter off to make them go away. I’m going to have to find a filter that doesn’t have this problem.

I should have the pictures up on Flickr by the weekend.

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