Autumn Sunburst thru Deeds Carillon No. 1

The Story:      As fall colors take to the Miami Valley, I always relish a trip to Carillon Historical Park.  At peak color, the surrounding trees seemed to gain their own illumination.  During this mid-morning trip, the autumn reds and oranges formed complementary colors with the blue skies and green grass as light diffraction produced a sun star through the Deeds Carillon.

The Rest of the Story:  In short, I love the contre-jour approach to photography.  Contre-jour is French for “against the daylight”.  For years, I would point my camera towards the light only to be disappointed with the results of my film camera.  Today I shoot with Canon’s professional bodies as well as their fantastic EF 11-24mm F4 Ultra Wide Zoom.  At just under $3,000, it has nine aperture blades, and when stopped down to a pinhole, produces fascinating sun stars.   I do this so often, that the resulting sun star has become a sort of trademark of my work.  For me, with the lens gathering light from 126 degrees, I found the sun would invariably be in the frame.  Rather than fight the issue, I chose to embrace the challenge by driving light diffraction onto my camera’s sensor.

Sublocation:   Carillon Historical Park

City, State:      Dayton, Ohio

Year:                2022

This room visualization depicts my original photography as displayed in an AI-generated room. The art print features the Deeds Carillon in Dayton Ohio during a brilliant fall morning.
This room visualization was generated through FreePick with their permission and license, while I retain the copyright of the displayed art print.