What a pleasant surprise. I was bored so I picked up my camera to take some photos of the clouds and the sun on my porch, just like the ugly photo above. I thought that I could add it into that long forgotten "In and Around the House" challenge. But when I zoomed into the sun (Never look directly into the sun. It hurts a lot and it damages your eyes permanently) and played around with the shutter speed, I discovered a whole new world. The one below was a bit washed out and blown, so I messed around with the colours and added a blueish tint. Looks kinda moody and dramatic I reckon.
But the real surprise was the last two. They weren't retouched, other than a tiny bit of contrast added. The sky is all black because of a fast shutter speed (1/2000 to 1/8000), a very small aperture (f/16) and a low ISO (100). So this combination turned a sunny, blue sky afternoon into some dramatic, dark sky. They look like nebulas and star dust in space! It's amazing what underexposure can do. And because of the polarising effect of the clouds, you could actually see the shape of the sun behind the clouds in the second last photo.
I got these crazy colours straight out of the camera.
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