You can see that we are exposing to retain as much detail as possible in the image: we still see the blue tone of the sky, all the details of the building.
Screen Shot 2020 09 09 at 3.50.28 PMInstead of creating a flare with the natural sunlight coming in overhead, I stopped down my aperture to f/14 to get a starburst effect. For this shot, here are our camera settings: 1/200th of a second, f/14, and ISO 50. You can see that we are exposing to retain as much detail as possible in the image: we still see the blue tone of the sky, all the details of the building. The only issue is, our subject is now lost in the frame since he is in a darker part of the frame.