I was going through old photos to use as examples for my actions and textures series and found this sun flare shot taken at the end of June I’d discarded:
I decided it was worth a second chance, so I edited with Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope overlays and textures. (Seriously LOVE her stuff.)
Recipe:
Supernatural Collection: Sublime Blue II Glow: 45% Overlay
Lite Flare Set: Rainbow Sun Flare: 45% Overlay
Dream Collection: Vertigo: 34% Overlay
Hover over the image to see it compared to the before.
This post was inspired by Pixel Perfect’s Before + After. Head on over there to see great before and after examples from other participants!

































SO cool! like it a lot
Thank you Faith! I originally rejected this one because I thought the flare wasn’t punchy enough to make an interesting photo. I added a couple of textures to it from Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope collection and decided to publish it.
What a great flare shot!
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Beautiful!
Brilliant flare shot!
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Thank you Tracy!
Great job on this! Love it!! I keep thinking that I’ll invest in some of her overlays… but always find something else to spend my money on… like gas. or food.
hehe!