Day 254: Shadow Exposure

2026-10-18Hello!Being such a strong light source, the sun overpowers everything else if it gets itself in the frame. That could be a desirable outcome, for sun stars giving a bright, warm glow. Otherwise, I try to hide its dominance.I could have kept my camera in the exact same position and it would be random luck whether the sun poked through or not. The wind in the tree leaves let sun poke beams of light through to my camera.Before moving on, I took that idea and simulated a shadow as if it were resting on my camera lens — the same way that people draw dry-erase marker on to a sports video camera for effect. Signing camera lenses is a trend now, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. This stuff is expensive, and I don't want to have an annoying night cleaning it off. Also, I think people have to write right-to-left to be readable through the camera, which just looks like shit.Anyway, my camera has an image overlay (or double exposure) effect in camera, so I fed it two raw files and…