Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Sunburst pacific The conditions that day came

The conditions that day came together the way they almost never do — big enough to be extraordinary

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The color at this particular stretch of the coast has a quality that changes with the angle of the sun — deep green and luminous in a way that flat gray sky never gives you

The sunburst is large because the angle was exact

This is that moment at Depoe Bay

Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Sunburst pacific The conditions that day cameA Sunburst Shot Requires More Than Good Light. Getting a clean sunburst requires the right aperture, the right angle, and the patience to wait for the sun to sit in exactly the right position. Get any of it wrong and you end up with noise that turns the whole shot muddy. This was a clear fall day at Yaquina Head one of those days when the coast acts like it's making up for everything it put you through the rest of the year. The sunburst is large