Ride into the sun

Utata's summer project 2015 invites breaking compositional rules. The image was overexposed to blow out the sky, rather than render the sun as a spot, then the exposure was dialed back to get here.


The motif is one I've visited before but continue to enjoy. Lou Reed wrote a song titled "Ride into the sun" for the Velvet Underground (demo), then recorded it solo. It was later covered by Luna.

Project category:
Into the light — "shoot directly into the sun, a lamp, the eye of Sauron, …"