Ring Around the Sun

The other day my daughter called me from the dining room saying there was an upside down rainbow in the sky. This of course was something I just had to see. When I got to the window and looked out sure enough it looked like an upside down rainbow from our angle, but I quickly realized it was actually a ring around the sun. I couldn't pass up this photo opportunity so I promptly grabbed my camera and ran outside. Then I had to figure out how to take a picture of the sun without blowing out the image or burning my retinas.

I think it came out pretty cool. I love sun flares and am trying to get better at capturing them correctly. I've never tried taking a picture of the actual sun before so this was a challenge for me. I think I got it figured out though.

In other very cool news... Darcy, who blogs at Life With My 3 Boybarians announced the winners of last week's Sweet Shot Tuesday link up for Artistic Photo Canvas. I was one of the winners! I am in shock really. I never win giveaways. Thank you so much Darcy for hosting such a fun link up every week and having so many fun giveaways. And thank you APC for doing a giveaway on Darcy's blog. Now to figure out just what photo I want on a 16x20 gallery wrap.

If you haven't checked out Sweet Shot Tuesday, you should. It is a fun link up where anyone who takes pictures can link up their Sweet Shot for the week. You don't need a fancy camera or any real skill; you just need to take pictures with what you have. The best camera is the one you have at the moment you want to capture something, whether it is a DSLR, a point and shoot, a cell phone or even a lomography camera.

This post is linked to Sweet Shot Tuesday.