this photo was taken at Santa Monica pier on a Sunday afternoon, this was the second green flash, that I have been able to get in a photograph, it was one of the brightest. I have seen in many years. For those who do not know what a green flash is. It is the sun rays being bent by the atmosphere like a prism, so what you see when you see a green flash is actually the sun already down below the horizon, so you have to have a clear horizon for several hundred miles without any clouds were obstructions, because the light rays are being bent to the color green. I brought this picture into camera raw and adjusted the exposure and clarity and added a gradient filter for the sky. Just above the sun set, and increased fill light, and not much more.

this photo was taken at Santa Monica pier on a Sunday afternoon, this was the second green flash, that I have been able to get in a photograph, it was one of the brightest. I have seen in many years. For those who do not know what a green flash is. It is the sun rays being bent by the atmosphere like a prism, so what you see when you see a green flash is actually the sun already down below the horizon, so you have to have a clear horizon for several hundred miles without any clouds were obstructions, because the light rays are being bent to the color green. I brought this picture into camera raw and adjusted the exposure and clarity and added a gradient filter for the sky. Just above the sun set, and increased fill light, and not much more.

• Year: 2010
• Location: Santa Monica pier, California
• Camera: Nikon D80
• Lens: 18.0-55.0 mm, f/ 3.5-5.6
• F Stop: f/8
• ISO: 160
• Shutter Speed: 1/60

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