the sky

[squishy]

i took this out my window, its quite bright and sunny with white clouds, but when i turned the exposure right down i got this



if you look in the center, its got some colours, those aren't edited, thats how it came off the camera.
anyone know why this happens?
doesn't half make for a fantastic photo though

[Lancashire Lad]

Looks like it might be a Parhelion (or Sun Dog) which is basically an optical illusion caused by light refracting through ice particles in high level clouds.

(That's my best guess anyway).

Regards
Mike.

[Jim Ford]

A partial cloudbow from diffration of the light travelling through the water droplets in the cloud? It wouldn't normally be visible without the exposure turned down.

Cloudbow

I don't think it's a sundog. Sundogs appear either side of the sun:

Frequent Halos

Jim

[Hedge Witch]

Form Jim's useful diagram, looks like an upper tangent arc. Pics of these from the web look similar to me Very pretty.

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

...I don't think it's a sundog. Sundogs appear either side of the sun...

A parhelion or sun dog is the phenomenon of the appearance (due to cloud/ice/refraction) of a bright spot on a solar halo, of which there could be just one, or several such spots on any given halo.

They often ( but not always) appear at each side of, or above and below the sun. Sometimes in all four positions.

I thought in this instance it might just be a singular parhelion, or it might be that its twin could be hidden behind the obscuring dark clouds below the sun in this photo.

I personally think it less likely to be a cloud bow, given its proximity to the sun in the photo.

Regards
Mike.

EDIT - Given that all these phenomenon are basically caused by the same thing - I concede - It's not worth arguing regarding the name.

[squishy]

yes! if you look closely its like a faint raindow. so i'd presume its the same principle of refraction

thanks.

what do you think of the photo?

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by squishy

yes! if you look closely its like a faint raindow. so i'd presume its the same principle of refraction

Check out the site I mentioned above Squishy - there's lots of interesting stuff there you should look out for in the sky.

what do you think of the photo?

[/quote]

I like it. What are the 2 dark shapes up there, Valkyries?
;^)

Jim

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by squishy

....what do you think of the photo?....

It's a good shot - well exposed for the subject..

It goes to show that the simplest of subjects can make an effective image.

Most people wouldn't have spotted the potential in the first place.

The two birds add a little bit extra as well.

Regards
Mike.

[squishy]

i cant take credit for that i was just taking a few and it turned out that that one had those pigeons in. i do think it adds a nice touch though

i cant wait till i get my fuji s9600, then i'll be able to experiment with things like this alot more than i can with my compact

[Jason Green]

Great, atmospheric shot there, Squish

I can't wait to see what you get with your Fuji