Skeletal Remains

Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon 28-105
f/10 at 1/8000
ISO 100

A few weeks ago on nice sunny winter afternoon, my wife and I went down to Iona Beach Regional Park and went for a walk along the spit. As you can see by the picture I spent some time looking directly at the sun and then waiting for the spots in my eyes to clear. I’m starting to think that I should get a pair of welding safety glasses for moments like this.

As we walked we came upon this tree. I think it was alive but being winter and having no leaves it had the appearance of being dead, thus the name I gave to the photo. I underexposed the shot by at least 2 stops to try to get the sun to appear as something more than just a blown out blob.

I don’t think it’s my imagination, but I believe my digital camera is much poorer at photographing the sun than my 35mm film equivalent was. Is this a characteristic of digital imaging in general or is simply a characteristic my specific camera? Although I like this picture, I feel there must be a way to get more detail in the sun and it’s reflection on the water.

I will present another picture from this walk in tomorrows post.