However, after submitting every week for two years, I certainly didn’t want to give up.  I considered several ideas before finally coming up with this shot.

I happen to like sunset shots and I figured a “back shot” of me would probably be better than a front shot of me (for which, of course, I would have had to turn around and have the sun at my back).  I liked the lighting I was getting from the sun (there’s a reason why the hour before sunset is called “the golden hour” for photographers) and I was hoping for a sunburst to form across my back, as it did.

I did some post-processing to enhance the image.  However, one thing I was unsure about was the lens flare.  I kept going back and forth between trying to remove it or just keeping it in.  In the end, however, I figured that a lens flare would be acceptable in a shot that is shot directly into the sun as this one is.

Zev