Pertains to the visual artifacts resulting from lens flare, methods of creating such effects, or methods to avoid such effects.
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Where does the strange purple/blue glow around the headlight wearing subject's front come from?
I've found that a few of my recent trip photos have this odd artifact/ghosting resulting in a blue/purple glow around the helmet(see below pic):
I've found this question which i think relates to ...
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Lens Flare with My 50mm 1.8 Canon Prime Lens
I've purchased my little new lens Canon 50mm F1.8 .. But now I'm really disappointed for it's result especially in night photography :(
In any night shot a lot of lens flares appear in my photo, I've ...
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How to get nice light streaks, or optical flares, in a photo
I've attached a picture I saw on England's Telegraph newspaper website.
In the photo, nice linear streaks protrude from the streetlights.
How is this effect achieved? I'd prefer a technique that ...
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Why is there glow around lights in every photo shot with my Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens?
One day after using my Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens, I noticed that every photo has a huge amount of glow in the dark areas near any light area.
I tested my other four lenses to figure out if ...
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What influences the shape of a lens flare?
Most of the time the shape of the flare is close to a circle, but recently I saw a movie where the lens flare was elliptically shaped. The stills below, taken from the movie Die Hard, show the effect ...
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What causes these green dots in my image?
I just received a 35mm f/1.8 DX lens for my Nikon D50 for Christmas, and took some shots where the lights on the tree were the main source of illumination. Almost all of them exhibit very prominent ...
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What is this “rainbow” effect?
In the lower right in the picture above, there is a weird flare effect. I wonder what this is exactly. Is it simply lens flare, or could it come from my (not so expensive) UV filter?
Also, any tips ...
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Can smudges and grease marks add to the problem of lens flare?
I want to know if smudges (finger prints etc) and grease marks in specific have any effect in increasing the lens flare. As those who wear glasses may already know about the problem of flares caused ...
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How do you take a landscape photograph with “artistic” lens flare?
How do you shoot a landscape scene with an "artistic" lens flare? Something along the lines of this photo:
I tried shooting at small apertures but I keep getting "washed out" or extremely large ...
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How do I eliminate lens flare in my pictures?
I have taken a few pictures that show these circles, and I'm getting very annoyed at this problem. Seems most common on sunny days. This particular picture is not my own, but it is a good example of ...
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Is camera damage causing these severe diagonal lines from concentrated light sources?
Since a week or so, I have severe diagonal stripes around light-sources in my night-time photographs on my Canon Powershot A650. In the past, I had some (I guess due to Fraunhofer diffraction, see ...
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Is it normal for the Canon kit lens to exhibit lens flare even without a UV filter?
I recently bought a Canon 550D and have been experimenting with this for a week. I have been pretty satisfied with the quality, until I faced this lens flare problem. Notice the unwanted blue light ...
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Why does flare appear in photographs of sun or fire?
What is the new color that forms in the image when photographing a sun or similar things (see attachment with a rose glare)?
Why and how it forms?
Is it good for a image?
How to increase or ...
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How well does the Tokina AT-X 16-28 F2.8 resist flare?
Nowadays (among other projects) I'm shooting candle lights in churches (using mostly long exposures) using a Canon 17-40mm F4. (A small part of) The results are here.
I'm thinking now to buy a Tokina ...
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Why do my photos have major flare on red clothing?
I have been shooting outdoors in heavy sun, people wearing red, and I am far away. I am getting so much flare on the red. I am using a lens hood. An other suggestions?
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What is causing strange horizontal “flare” on all my photos regardless of lens and/or POV?
Suddenly on (almost) all photos I have a strange light band in the middle, regardless of lens and or angle on which I shoot the photos. The camera is an old Canon 1Ds Mk II and AFIAS the line of light ...
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How can I take a sun backlight portrait like these examples?
How can I take a photo like the ones below? The problem is that my photos (taken with a bridge, Sony H2) will get blown up at the highlights. Is it because I'm using a weak camera? Is it because I'm ...
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What creates this strange flare and how to prevent it?
I shot at a concert for the first time. The pictures were pretty good for the capability of my equipment, but on some shots, the light has a very strange flare. It isn't the usual rays, but some soft, ...
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What causes lens flare?
I heard a couple of years ago that only certain types of lens caused flare to appear, something related with the material and/or quality of the lens. Is this true? Which material/quality caused flare? ...
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How to avoid lens flare?
I often have slight reflections in my lens when the sun (or another bright source of light) is directly in front of my camera. As a result of this effect I had to change the composition of my picture! ...
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Why did my nighttime shots of the moon create trailing spheres?
I used a tripod and remote shutter release. ISO:1600, F/3.5, Exp 46". I expected the flare and halo, but the ghosted spheres surprised me. Can you tell me what caused this and how to adjusting my ...
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How can I avoid a strange lens flare at bright lights when using UV filter?
I have a Panasonic Lumix GF1 with the kit 20mm f/1.7 lens. I put a UV filter on it (this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004ZCJE/ref=oss_product), simply as protection for the glass. I'm ...
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Using lens flare for good
I usually try to avoid lens flare, usually by avoiding shooting directly into bright lights (or using other techniques to minimize it).
However, sometimes I find a situation where lens flare actually ...
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How can you avoid/minimize lens flare when shooting into the sun?
When shooting outdoors in bright sunlight, and specially when shooting with the sun visible in the background, lens flare can affect the picture by reducing contrast and introducing artifacts. Are ...
