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Don't know how this happened

i know smearing my lens with my finger will make sunrays with my camera. But I have never seen the sun do this. I don't know how, but it's a very cool effect that I wish I could duplicate.




This is a great photo. Happy accidents!
I don't know what happened, but it looks cool.
Which part are you asking what happened? The crepuscular ray?
It looks like the camera metered on the clouds, which under-exposed the trees and blue sky, and over-exposed the sun. I'm not an expert, but that's probably why the ray, and the flare at the bottom.
Finger grease!