Moods

We have had nearly two and a half weeks of clouds and rains.  As one of the last storms past and the clouds began to clear to the west I took this picture to the east and decided I needed to set the mood for the area.  No rainbows, just clouds.  The sun was peaking through a slit causing only a bright spot in the lower clouds leaving the upper clouds and the terrain darker......as usual this year.

Halos and the sun

Just some halo effects of the sun as it came from behind a cloud.  This was taken in RGB Standard color.  ISO was 100 with camera in full manual.  Partial metering witht the f-stop at F20 and shutter at 1/200.  The image became a b/w or sepia looking due to the intensity of the sun.  I believe it was taking at approx. 9:30 AM.  Using the program GIMP, I unmasked the picture, then sharpened it and then played around with lots of effects until I came upon the lens menu.  The bright spot on the lower left corner started in the upper left.  There is a couple of cross hairs that you move infinitely until you get what you want.  I had an earlier posting of the sun coming up with a bright white spot in the clouds, that one was not touched up. I still believe that it was a reflection of some sort as the sun had not crested the horizon.