Points in Focus Photography

Anticrepuscular Rays

Similar to crepuscular rays, but different. Anticrepuscular rays are similar to crepuscular rays—shafts of light reflected by atmospheric dust separated by bands of shadow blocked by a cloud or other irregular object—but due to perspective appear to converge at the anti-solar point (point opposite the sun). These were caused by the sun setting behind a mid-sized storm cloud, and while not nearly as dramatic as they can be, it was, the first time I’ve ever managed to see let alone capture them.

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