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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Topic started by: Chip Chipowski on September 20, 2015, 16:50:58
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Is there a lens flare thread?
This is the Nikkor 10.5mm @f/16 on D200 IR. Angels Rest in Oregon.
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D200 w/ MF Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 @f/22
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There is now.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Whitney-High-School/WHS-Talent-Show-2009/i-RRJDGFL/1/XL/IMG_4954-XL.jpg)
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Colorful flare (or at least ghosts) - I like
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IR photography and lens flare go hand in hand. Our lenses have coating that are extremely ineffective in IR and that certainly shows ....
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Bjorn, do you see a ring pattern in the center of the IR image? I was curious if that is from one of the elements or something else...
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May be internal reflections from the rim of some element(s).
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If I was an angel I had a hard tome to decide wether to rest on the Opening Post or in Reply #2.
Both look like inviting places to unfold and hang my hammock at least as the story is told in your superb pictures.
Thank you
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Thanks Frank
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I love lens flare - thanks for the thread
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A nice subject ;)
With the 20mm F/4
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Here is a flare photo that I like, and one that I have already posted here somewhere :)
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Already posted on the previous incarnation of the forum. CRT 55/1.2
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bruno, I like that flare!
Jakov - there is almost something sharp in that photo - well done xx
Thanks for sharing these pics - I am enjoying every one of them
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Another playful thread, great!
My contribution does perhaps not show so much flare, more a ghost I suppose. Anyway, straight into the sun with an AIS 24mm f/2.8:
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(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/WHS-Talent-Show-2014/i-2JGFdZn/1/O/_GE20659.jpg)
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Great shots everyone!
knb, I keep returning to your shot - very nice
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What a cool picture!
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Pure blues Gary ;D ;D
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Thanks Chip. I can't recall having seen such behaviour from other Nikkors, but then I do not point the camera straight into the sun all the time of course.
That was some powerful blue fireworks from Gary by the way.
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Gary, that is great! Blues explosion... ;D
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Great blue note, Gary
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"Lady sings the blues"
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Thank you, y'all.
That was snapped with a Fuji X-E2 w/ Zeiss 12mm, ISO 3200
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Gary. You even msnaged to retrieve a great shot staring into the
heart of the evil: an LED array of blue light. Wonderful. One can
send you everywhere for a complete thoughtful coverage. THX
KNB. You inspired an echo from Gary. Wonderful optical bubble.
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KNB. You inspired an echo from Gary. Wonderful optical bubble.
Thank you Frank. I agree that there is a sort of similarity. Gary's blue burst of light do have a stronger impact in my opinion though.
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Beautiful photo Gary. Never possibly imagined blue and flare could be so beautiful!
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Stunning photo, Gary with impressive blue.
A sunset with the F/3.5 50-135
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a 10 year old photo revisited - one of the first I ever did
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Is this called lens flare?
Whatever it's called, the Petzval is good at it.
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Here is an example of the aesthetically similar phenomenon of halation. This occurs when light that has passed through the emulsion is reflected from the backing.
My reason for posting this is that as far as I know it is film-only - if someone knows how to reproduce the effect with digital I would be pleased to learn. The famous pictures that George Hurrell took of Hollywood stars in the 1930s (http://www.hurrellphotos.com/default.asp?id=11) used very powerful lights very close to the face to induce halation, which made the person appear to be lit from within.
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(http://www.garyayala.com/PAD-Stuff-1/i-mGqDLN4/0/O/_1010632.jpg)
My best friend on our daily walks.
(http://www.garyayala.com/PAD-Stuff-1/i-LQJVmbL/0/O/_1010056.jpg)
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Interesting thread!
This is shot with my cellphone camera with IR84 filter in front of the lens...
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Interesting thread!
This is shot with my cellphone camera with IR84 filter in front of the lens...
Awesome! Can you tell us where to find such a filter?
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Björn, thanks! The IR filter is made by Fujifilm. I'm not sure if it is sold outside Japan. Bob (bobfriedman) bought some when he came to Tokyo.
Fujifilm has been producing various square (75x75 or 100x100mm) color correction, sharp cut, special band-pass, ND and IR filters since the film days. They are made of tri acetyl cellulose which is much more durable than Kodak Wratten ones made of gelatine.
You can select the IR filters of various cut-off wavelength by 20nm step. These filters are very handy for the experiments. I cut a tiny piece from the 75x75mm sheet of IR84 filter and taped it onto the lens of the cellphone camera.
The image is SOOC jpeg from the cellphone.
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Since this thread started, I wanted to contribute to it. So here's a lens flare shot from today.
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Very effective! Done on purpose, I guess? What is the complacent lens you used ?
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Yes, Airy, that was done on purpose. It was shot with a 28mm/f 3.5 K.
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Here is an example of the aesthetically similar phenomenon of halation. This occurs when light that has passed through the emulsion is reflected from the backing.
Thanks for explanations, but above all: great shot.
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(http://www.garyayala.com/PAD-Stuff-1/i-LQJVmbL/0/O/_1010056.jpg)
Who has ever seen a dog fly as elegant as this dog does .... and as determined??
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We must have at least one from the relatively new-fangled Nikon 14-24 lens. I expected "odd" flare, but I couldn't show the scene as I saw it without including the sun.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/607/21745002115_984a1e903a_b.jpg)[/url]BigWater-150405CNP-Utah_8EA1248150403 (https://flic.kr/p/z8wPxz)
Southern Utah in early April.
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Since this thread started, I wanted to contribute to it. So here's a lens flare shot from today.
That looks spectacular, smusesuse!
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That looks spectacular, smusesuse!
Thank you, Björn!! I am kinda hooked on this lens flare thing now, so here's another one. Less gothic-dramatic, but with ice cream and Erik. :)
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everything flares if you make it..
Nikon D200 IR-830 ,Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
1/125s f/22.0 at 14.0mm iso200
(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/112735583/original.jpg)
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There was a good sun this Sunday so I played with the Heligon 50/0.75 which flares with enthusiasm as the first picture shows. The first one is on a wild teasel, the second on honeysuckle berries.
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and some kitsch with the CRT 50/1.2
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Some veiling flare, no ghosts. The sun is in the frame.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/566/21924802501_8b725e1fa4_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zpqkWe)
_P3F8614b (https://flic.kr/p/zpqkWe) by foppa2011 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62383894@N02/), on Flickr
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Really nice ones bruno!
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I've thrown flare for a loop and put it behind the subject.
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Thank you Elsa.
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Charlie that is very cool.
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I come late to this thread -and the panoramic and flying things...- wonderful inspiring images all around. Difficult to keep up. Happy to be back! :)
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hard escape flare with this lens
Nikon D800E ,Nikkor 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye Ai-S
f/8.0 at 8.0mm iso100
(http://www.pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/156734617/original.jpg)
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(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/WHS-Talent-Show-2015/i-S3qxwHD/0/O/_GP18114.jpg)
(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/WHS-Talent-Show-2015/i-RQwKPFB/0/O/_GA14259.jpg)
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From the Zeiss ZF 50mm Makro Planar, a lens not known as "flare resistant":
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/707/21926611790_2a146bc903_b.jpg)
nikkor 35mm f/1.4 ais provoking flare
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Very nice, Fons: a picture with lots of flare... that isn't about the flare. I like these kind of 'flare shots' the best.
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During our NG trip in Schwarz Wald @ Burg Hohenzollern.
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Hans, Please tell which lens produced that unusual flare.
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More flare...courtesy of the AFS 300/4 in Death Valley
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/581/22077769848_2f3ccf1f5a_b.jpg)
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Very nice, Fons: a picture with lots of flare... that isn't about the flare. I like these kind of 'flare shots' the best.
thanks Keith
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Beautiful, and great lens
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Hans, Please tell which lens produced that unusual flare.
Keith, the 10.5 fisheye (dx). I was looking for it, you know, for this thread. But i also managed a sun star in the same frame.
Oh, and very nice sun ghost in your dead valley image (#59).
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The Nikon 12-24mm is quite resistant to flare and ghosting, but under the right conditions it can show of some quite colorful ones. In this case it was also helped by heavy shadow lifting and a dusty front element (and possibly bugs in the air).
(http://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s12/v174/p1563533887.jpg)
Nikon 12-24mm @ 12mm and f/22.
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This photo was taken back in 2010 during our Norway GetTogether.
I wish I knew the exact location, but I am not as smart as some who use GPS with their cameras...
Shot with 8mm Sigma fish-eye.
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D300 Tokina 12-24 @24
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No, I did not use an underwater camera for this shot.
It seems that I was a bit more crazy 5 years ago than I am nowadays ...
D70 multi-spectral, 8mm Sigma fish-eye, gel #25 in the rear slot.
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This photo was taken back in 2010 during our Norway GetTogether.
I wish I knew the exact location, but I am not as smart as some who use GPS with their cameras...
Shot with 8mm Sigma fish-eye.
You were somewhere around the middle to inner Hardanger Fjord, in Hordaland county. Most probably on the north-western side of the fjord.
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No, I did not use an underwater camera for this shot.
It seems that I was a bit more crazy 5 years ago than I am nowadays ...
D70 multi-spectral, 8mm Sigma fish-eye, gel #25 in the rear slot.
I haven't noticed much of a change Jakov, exact for your hair has a little more greys in it these days.
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Someone tried spoil my lens flare photo.
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Meet Y.
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My daughter tightening her running shoes. Sigma 35/1.4 Art.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5801/22845845469_c9ba62d6c6_o.jpg)
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Paco, Y is very gracious!
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Paco, Y is very gracious!
She is that, ridiculously talented and beautiful too...
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The 17-35 2.8 AF-S is a an extremely versatile lens. It is sharp, works in IR and treats your image with some wonderful flare :)
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Pic d'Ossau. Pyrénées
# Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3,5;
# @ f/6.3;
# 1/4000 sec.
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Very nice flares, Jakov and Francis.
Here one with the Nikkor 85/1.8 G at F/16
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Very nice flares, Jakov and Francis.
Thank you, John !
One of the rarest shots I made with maximum shutter speed (1/4000 sec with the Df)...
BTW, your ''beam shaped'' flare isn't usual ! ;)
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Df, 50mm f/1.2 @ f11, 1/125.This image has been taken from a series to evaluate the lens behaviour.
The intended result has been posted here: Reply #8 (http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,2342.msg28290.html#msg28290)
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The Walimex 85/1.4 can pull it off, too ;) It even adds a bit of haze if necessary.
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Yes ;)
Perhaps some flare while shooting into the sun at F/32 against the background of the highest tower in Tilburg 'Westpoint' and only do-able now with the sun at the lowest point. In front of the museum De Pont.
Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5
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Ok, ok, I know this isn't really what the thread was supposed to be about.
But on the day I got home with me newly acquired 180mm F2.8, I was struck by how the light caught the coating
(http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/61871113/original.jpg)
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Sigma 24 Art
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5793/23680186019_7471dcdc7a_o.jpg)
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Yes ;)
Perhaps some flare while shooting into the sun at F/32 against the background of the highest tower in Tilburg 'Westpoint' and only do-able now with the sun at the lowest point. In front of the museum De Pont.
Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5
Beautiful shot John!! Was it your scooter or just parked over there? Classic scooter with a modern building in the background has made the shot very appealing! :) I like the color tone too!
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The Walimex 85/1.4 can pull it off, too ;) It even adds a bit of haze if necessary.
Hi Zugluftier, I love the overall feel of this.
The combination of haze and warmth of the low sun work really well.
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Beautiful shot John!! Was it your scooter or just parked over there? Classic scooter with a modern building in the background has made the shot very appealing! :) I like the color tone too!
Thank you Anirban. It was just parked there, I think visitors for the museum De Pont, which is famous in the world by the way. You see the entrance at the right (http://www.depont.nl/en/now-on-view/ (http://www.depont.nl/en/now-on-view/))
The modern building in the background 'Westpoint' is the highest non-office tower in the Netherlands.
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Peter - #82 is just terrific
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Thank you Anirban. It was just parked there, I think visitors for the museum De Pont, which is famous in the world by the way...
Thanks for the additional info, John!
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From the musical Godspell:
#1
(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/Godspell-2015/i-VmM9VxP/0/X3/_GA17754-X3.jpg)
#2
(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/Godspell-2015/i-tgNTk4V/0/O/_DSF8580.jpg)
#3
(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/Godspell-2015/i-XVJcGNX/0/XL/_DSF8168-XL.jpg)
#4
(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/Godspell-2015/i-4wp3H6W/0/O/_GA17802.jpg)
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I recently met a lady who did the stage makeup for David Essex in the original Godspell back in the 1960/70s!
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Peter - #82 is just terrific
Thank you very much.
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From the musical Godspell:
Absolutely stunning work Gary.
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Here one with the Nikkor 85/1.8 G at F/16
Hi John, for some reason your shot reminded me of this location (http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/151836223) (from Amsterdam)
But it may just be coincidence......
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Hi John, for some reason your shot reminded me of this location (http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/151836223) (from Amsterdam)
But it may just be coincidence......
Thank you Peter.
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D300 w/ 10.5mm @f/16
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Hi John, for some reason your shot reminded me of this location (http://www.pbase.com/celidh/image/151836223) (from Amsterdam)
But it may just be coincidence......
The only connection may be the railroads ;) Mine is shot in Tilburg, were the railwaytrack divides the City in North and South.
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Pretty colors from HID car headlights in a conically shaped flare from a Nikon 135/2 Ais.
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Chip, Nice shot with the triple crown: diffuse flare, sun star effect, plus iris ghosts.... all in one shot.
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(http://www.garyayala.com/Events/WHS-Talent-Show-2015/i-S3qxwHD/0/O/_GP18114.jpg)
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We desperately need some decent lens flare ... this IR capture of a Freiburger tram goes helps assuage the lack ... to some extent. Any way, a demonstration hat a dirty front element, IR, and strong sunshine again are keys to getting robust and convincing flare ....
Nikon D5300 (IR mod.), AFS 18-70 Nikkor.
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1680/23748733154_5c4b0bfee2_b.jpg)
Experimenting with an old and dinkey Helios
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Taken during the birth of NG Revival in Vogel, Slovenia.
D200 + 10.5DX fish-eye.
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Nikon D750 + 70-200mm VRII, today at Egå Engsø.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1544/24360253301_9aca115429_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/D7CEBg)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/D7CEBg) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1447/24074926199_6da19b6a39_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CFqhNt)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/CFqhNt) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1576/24457324745_20430903d4_o.jpg)
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Need of clarity :
Are those ones flares, or just out of focus spotlights ?
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These are ordinary blur circles from out-of-focus highlights in the background. Do note the lens is stopped down so the circles no longer are perfectly circular and instead show the shape of the aperture opening.
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D750 + 70-200VRII
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1596/24185492220_3537b30fc0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CRbYeb)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/CRbYeb) by Joergen Ramskov (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jramskov/), on Flickr
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These are ordinary blur circles from out-of-focus highlights in the background.
Thank you Bjørn, This what I thought too.
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Just a little bit of flare here
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Ghosting and a bit of flare
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4140/4737832447_f7e39e2602_b.jpg)
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Different kind of flares in this shot showing the Foster of Regte Heide on his guided tour nearly 8 years ago.
D80 17-35/2.8
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D810, Zeiss 55 1.4. 20 seconds @ f13.
This image was made with 2 ND filters, a 10 & a 3. The sun is to the left and the hood was on. A friend suggested I might have left the viewfinder open but I am usually very careful to close it on long exposures. This is a straight raw to jpeg conversion - zero adjustments (except for re-sizing :) )
Happy to hear any opinions or explanations.
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Some kind of rim reflections, maybe from the filter stack? Also possible you got the reflections on the inside of the filter(s), ie. between rear filter surface and the front of the lens. Flare induced by the finder typically has a more defined outline and often shows line patterns.
Double filters usually would not be considered a good idea anyway, at least for visible light work. (filter stacks are commonly used for UV photography, but the reasons for this are irrelevant here).
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D700, 17-35/2.8 AF-S, @ t/800, f/8, 17mm
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Some kind of rim reflections, maybe from the filter stack? Also possible you got the reflections on the inside of the filter(s), ie. between rear filter surface and the front of the lens. Flare induced by the finder typically has a more defined outline and often shows line patterns.
Double filters usually would not be considered a good idea anyway, at least for visible light work. (filter stacks are commonly used for UV photography, but the reasons for this are irrelevant here).
Thank you, Bjorn. I do appreciate your insight, it is invaluable. I'll be checking the rims of those filters tomorrow.
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D700 28mm f/3.5 @ f/4
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A great image, Chip. And a rather unfortunate flare ;)
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Even the famous Noct-Nikkor 58/1.2 can produce flare and ghosts, lots of these. But shooting in IR is usually required to get such response ...
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Great shot, Chip!
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Thanks John and Jakov :)
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Lovely capture Chip!
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IR
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5646/23434377542_5faa87f060_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BGPj17)_EGL6190 (https://flic.kr/p/BGPj17) by Erik Gunst Lund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_lund/), on Flickr
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A protection filter is good as a "flare/ghost inducing effect" filter.
Panasonic GX8, Lumix G 25/1.7@f22.
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On a general note, terminology is confused because many of the images show 'ghosts' more than they do flare. 'Ghosts' of course being reflections of the actual aperture opening and thus clearly showing its polygon-shaped outline. 'Flare' in contrast is just that - something that appears as more or less clearly defined veiling of the entire or parts of the image. Flare reduces the overall contrast.
The two concepts are extremes at either and of a long axis of reflective artefacts going on inside the lens. So admittedly there are transitions. But at the very least, one should for clarity apply the most suitable designation.
Oh well.
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nicely isolated effect, I think it's ghosts, is there a term for the color cast they show?
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getting to the edge of back light creates veiling flare, ghosts, and there may be some sensor reflection as well (is that it's own type of flare?)
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So this is flare...
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Paco, a lot of other things come to mind but flare :)
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So this is flare...
Amongst other image-contributing factors, yes.
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On a general note, terminology is confused because many of the images show 'ghosts' more than they do flare. 'Ghosts' of course being reflections of the actual aperture opening and thus clearly showing its polygon-shaped outline. 'Flare' in contrast is just that - something that appears as more or less clearly defined veiling of the entire or parts of the image. Flare reduces the overall contrast.
The two concepts are extremes at either and of a long axis of reflective artefacts going on inside the lens. So admittedly there are transitions. But at the very least, one should for clarity apply the most suitable designation.
Oh well.
Bjørn, so far as I understand correctly, my latest image contains ghosts accompanied by their own flare. That's why I referred to them as "ghost/flare".
Paco, this is fascinating!
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1588/24658549050_cca70de666_o.jpg)
flare of the nikkor 50-135/3.5 ais stopped down at f32 shooting into the sun
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1657/24927747686_e32d6e668d_b.jpg)
flare of the pc-nikkor 35/2.8 ais stopped at f32 full upward shift
on Df.
Both lenses have recently been serviced and repaired through the help of a friend
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Ok then. Thanks Jakov and Akira. Work is sometimes hard.
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Your Df is getting dirty, Fons ...
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Your Df is getting dirty, Fons ...
Just like mine. I think I've swabbed the sensor once since I got D f...
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Certainly f32 is challenge for any sensor, not to forget i change lenses quite frequently, btw it needs a thorough cleaning :)
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New member of the family, with flare. D700 + 55mm f/3.5
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In this case, the flare actually heightens the mood :D
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A kind of lens-attack ;)
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John, that's exactly how I behave when the sun shows up this time of year :)
I hide as if I am Dracula 8)
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Now, in the case below you probably would need to dig into the ground :D
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Ghosting with the 42mm Heligon
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Erik, your image in #121 is great! I really dig the llacement of the ghosts.
Bruno, those are really magical images. Love the first! Now I will certainly be nabbing a 42mm heligon someday. Thanks for the added expenses jerk! :P
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Thanks! ;)
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5325/18014218901_9f9a0e3c74_o.jpg)
Df 15mm f/3.5
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5712/21442369678_77b64cb3ef_o.jpg)
Df 58/1.4 pre-ai
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Bruno makes magical images with a spark :)
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1493/24773887944_b21689dc5d_b.jpg)
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Thanks, Tristin and Jakov :)
Tristin, they're not too expensive. Those built like the one below are very easy to adapt: the inner thread is 48mm so with a 48/52 ring and a 52mm reversing ring you're good to go.
http://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/Rodenstock-TV-Heligon-42mm-f-0-75-Lens-w-vestigial-video-camera-apparatus-EX-/231736889184?hash=item35f4984f60:g:1e0AAOSwMmBVz7w1
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Somehow I missed this topic and even worse can't find a recent image with flare to contribute.
So thanks to all contributors for the inspiration, need to shoot me some flare images soon ;D
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Red flare!
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Heligon 50 on hamamelis, flare and ghosting
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Bruno, these images with the Heligon are really pleasing!
Paco, love the passionate color of #149!
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Bruno continues to sparkle!
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Rainy day in traffic
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Chip, quite funky out of focus background :)
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Thanks Jakov, that is my thought as well. This is 85mm 1.8G through a rainy windshield.
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Thanks Akira, the heligons are very unpredictable, at least to me, and therefore great fun.
Thanks Jakov but the sparkle should entirely attributed to the sun :)
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From the Zeiss ZF 50/2 at f/11...
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Keith, this Zeiss flared much worse than I had expected from a multicoated lens. There shouldn't by chance be a filter on the front?
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1465/25429229770_3c2dbd1c03_b.jpg)
Df nikkor-s auto 35mm f/2.8 @ f/8
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Keith, this Zeiss flared much worse than I had expected from a multicoated lens. There shouldn't by chance be a filter on the front?
No filter...the front optic is recessed so far, there is no danger of my greasy fingers getting to it. Plus: I keep an old Tiffen lens hood screwed on, so I'll only rarely have to clean the front glass.
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Even my single-coated 55 mm Micro-Nikkors many decades old could challenge that Zeiss Makro-Planar for shooting into strong lights. Weird.
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The 8-element Zeiss ZF 50/2 and the 5-element Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5 seem to be at the opposite ends of the flare-prone spectrum within the world of 50/55 macros, I reckon.
An early multi-coated 55/3.5 was my first Nikkor lens in 1975. I used to marvel at it's lack of flare, especially compared to my other lens, a Vivitar T-4 28mm/2.8.
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Ghosting like fish....
With the Nikon 70-210 f/4 E.
+detail
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John can sparkle too ;D
Drinking champagne. It fits perfectly well :)
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haha, Thanks Jakov. Hopefully we have a sparkling sun on Sunday ;)
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Contemplating a puddle
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Yes Mr Chipowski. A character building image. I still wonder if it is cute or scary. Maybe it will clean with a little crop on the top but not sure since it works as it is... Bw works too
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Thanks for your comments! I had not considered the scary interpretation, but I can see that with the dark puddle. As an aside, this was really strong back lighting and I think this is my first photo with possible banding?? Not sure I am qualified to make the diagnosis about the vertical lines in his hair. The original file was darker and this BW version is cooked pretty good, so that may be part of it.
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Contemplating a puddle
very nice
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Thanks Fons
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Chip, very humorous!
It can easily be considered as an album cover 8)
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Thanks Jakov, I like the album cover idea!
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Shot with the enigmatic Ais/AF-D Nikkor 50/1.4 derivative. It has neither aperture or focusing mechanism. Apparently it is corrected for a certain closer distance, but its focus is fixed at the infinity when directly mounted on a Nikon body. Hence you can enjoy massive flares and coma caused by the residual spherical aberration and the astigmatism.
Please view large!
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John that 70-210mm f/4 is a true champange lens
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Thanks Erik. Champagne with fish ;) It's the MF Series E version, not sure how much it deviates from the Nikkor one. (Although that is an AF version, but apparently the same optics)
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Not sure how to call this. Is it a kind of ghosting?
Nikkor Micro 55/3.5
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I guess this is flare. Kowa 77/1.1
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Nah. More likely spherical and chromatic aberration. But nice nonetheless.
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Bruno, that Kowa is my type of lens. Great image!
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Nikon 16-35mm f/4 on D4s. The nanocoating makes flare very difficult:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/566/19719680153_9d7ea15730_k.jpg)
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The flare and ghosting resistance is very good for a zoom lens indeed. Not all nano-coated lenses perform this well.
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Thank you, Bjørn and Jakov.
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Not really lens flare, but Chip's photo a few pages back reminded me of a series I took on a rainy Seattle evening some years ago. These are not my usual photographs at all, but the play of light through a rain-spattered windshield in (stopped) downtown traffic was irresistible, as I happened to have a camera to hand. These from a Tokina 11-16 mm on a D7000, propped above the dashboard. Here in Seattle it rains a lot, and I wear glasses, so this is what my world looks like when I walk around without my hat.
Cheers, John
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I like your rainy city with no hat, John :)
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Both are really nice, John.
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Here in Seattle it rains a lot, and I wear glasses, so this is what my world looks like when I walk around without my hat.
Cheers, John
Excellent John. No glasses here but I do ride in the rain and can relate. This representation works very, very well.
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These 'night traffic in rain' photos are to my liking.
Due to obvious reasons this has been titled xenonphobic love (https://flic.kr/p/CuE4Wp)
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Primula (elatior?) and 55/1.2 CRT, missing focus as it was really too wet to lay on the ground
Edit: I only realise now, 3days later, that I put this in the wrong thread; it should be in Unsharp.
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Not really lens flare, but Chip's photo a few pages back reminded me of a series I took on a rainy Seattle evening some years ago. These are not my usual photographs at all, but the play of light through a rain-spattered windshield in (stopped) downtown traffic was irresistible, as I happened to have a camera to hand. These from a Tokina 11-16 mm on a D7000, propped above the dashboard. Here in Seattle it rains a lot, and I wear glasses, so this is what my world looks like when I walk around without my hat.
Cheers, John
The second one is looking very nice and convincing to me. Very seldom you find sufficient green light to simulate a tree line like that. Great stuff.
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1467/26195899442_08d912c6e1_o.jpg)
Copenhagen, Df 20mm f/1.8g
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Fons, you put good use to the 20/1.8G.
I always wanted that lens.
(you might have some dust on the sensor)
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Edit: I only realise now, 3days later, that I put this in the wrong thread; it should be in Unsharp.
Or ''painting with lenses'' ;)
Below : very backlit image with Df + Zeiss 35mm f/2 ZF2
@ f/5.6.
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Fons, you put good use to the 20/1.8G.
I always wanted that lens.
(you might have some dust on the sensor)
Dust blows back and forth, I change lenses too often ;)
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How cool is that! A lens flare topic!
None of these were added in photoshop, regardless of how much post processing I did on the image
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7389/26811090055_6883c73b6a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GRcQZn)DSC_7615 (https://flic.kr/p/GRcQZn) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
Creating soap bubbles with the 5cm f2 Nikkor-S
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1497/26781004545_fb00aa4f36_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GNxDBF)DSC_7721 (https://flic.kr/p/GNxDBF) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
Sunstars with the 16mm f3,5 Fish-eye
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1489/26496937570_db884834c8_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GnrJpd)DSC_7576 (https://flic.kr/p/GnrJpd) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
Multicoated flare from the 105mm f2,5 Nikkor-P.C
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/618/20610211698_53ec3381e0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xpfHTy)DSC_9586 (https://flic.kr/p/xpfHTy) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
Searching for flare UFO's with the 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/345/20255717412_bab6d7a295_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wRVR67)DSC_7968 (https://flic.kr/p/wRVR67) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7103/26763089551_c46a3c9ee7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GLXQ7t)
Essen Rüttenscheid (https://flic.kr/p/GLXQ7t)
I really provocated it... ;) (Nikon 50mm 1.2 Ai-S)
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I know that corner of Essen quite well. Been there more then a few times. It's been 3 or 4 years now though that I last visited Essen.
Now here is some specialty flare, again from the 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/26742411472_fcc79ea3d0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GK8ReS)_DSC9084 (https://flic.kr/p/GK8ReS) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
This is without filter or any damage to the front element or dirt on the front element. I am not sure what causes this type of flare with lightsources just outside the frame.
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That's an interesting one, Buddy. Dirt inside?
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No dirt inside Bruno. I own about the cleanest copy of the 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD I have seen in person, and I know from someone who collects really clean samples and owns more then one copy of the lens that his copies exhibit the same behaviour. It seems to be a lens property in the 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD specifically. I know Chris Dees owns at least one copy of the lens so we might have him try getting the same effect with his copy. It is reproducable.
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Flare resistance is not high on the list of the properties of the 20/3.5 UD. Let the consolation be that this lens flares 10x worse in IR!!
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Now there is something worth giving a try! I did convert a D70s to IR some years ago. Would be interesting to mount the UD Nikkor on that and see if I can get some flare :)
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Actually the 20/3.5 UD is an excellent performer in IR. You just have to learn to deal with the flare and ghosts.
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What do you call this particular type of flare?
(The Oly 12-40/2,8 PRO is not exactly suitable for shots of the sun at this angle.)
UFO-flare?
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A combination of flare (around the sun and elsewhere, lowering contrast) and ghosts (from aperture/internal reflections, coloured & bright spots).
Apparently the lens used does not like to be pointed towards the sun.
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Hope it qualifies.
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Hope it qualifies.
... borderline case ...
Your lens does show some flare around the sun, but unless you stop it down to its minimum aperture, the real presence of flare is hard to ascertain and differentiate from what effects heavy light overload causes to the sensor itself.
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Thanks Bjørn - lesson learned. This one was shot at f11 so it doesn't really qualify.
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Another attempt. Fuji XF 60 macro at f22. A bit boring shot but serves the purpose. Sorry for the color smearing/artefacts .. I put it through Color Efex Pro and I'm a newbie.
This shot revealed that my sensor is fairly dirty - at first I thought it was the lens, which is dirty, but not the culprit.
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The reason for shooting at minimum aperture is to reduce the size of the strong light source as much as possible. Usually that means you get "ray bursts" around say the sun, which we intuitively see as "true", perhaps subconsciously reminding of how we in childhood drew the sun (circle with rays coming from it).
The smallest size of say the bright sun will be provided by a lens with short focal length, because the size of the blur circles is proportional to absolute aperture (and accordingly, diminishes for a short focal length *and* aperture setting). Fisheye lenses are favourites because by definition most light entering such optics will be image-forming not stray light. This assumes an immaculately clean front element though.
Although longer lenses yield larger blur circles, one can still get nice light "burst" provided the light source is small enough, or effectively is blocked so only part of its light reaches the camera.
The attached images show some of these features. First, two old shots with a fast lens (Noct) at f/16. The lens does perform pretty well even for shooting into the sun, but some irregularities are evident, likely caused by dust on front. The solar disc is rendered more like a blob and ray bursts are not very evident. In the second picture, the sun is partially blocked by foliage, its disc is smaller, and now ray bursts show better.
Finally, a winter scene by the even longer 105/2.5 Nikkor AI. When the sun is blocked more efficiently like here, even better ray bursts are attainable.
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Another attempt. Fuji XF 60 macro at f22. A bit boring shot but serves the purpose. Sorry for the color smearing/artefacts .. I put it through Color Efex Pro and I'm a newbie.
This shot revealed that my sensor is fairly dirty - at first I thought it was the lens, which is dirty, but not the culprit.
The colour "smears" are interference patterns between sensor surface and internally reflecting surfaces of the lens.
The lack of dynamic range of the camera, in combination with some over-exposure, might explain the size of the sun blob.
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I think this qualifies:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8664/28280232793_c743dd4643_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/K62zWz)
Lens flair (https://flic.kr/p/K62zWz) by Harry M. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/granuba/), auf Flickr
The Nikkor 28-45mm does NOT like the sun in the image. ;) Otherwise it is really good.
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The colour "smears" are interference patterns between sensor surface and internally reflecting surfaces of the lens.
The lack of dynamic range of the camera, in combination with some over-exposure, might explain the size of the sun blob.
Thanks for explaining Bjørn - the smearing I'm referring to is probably what is known as banding .. to the right in the dark blue area of the shot. The odd matrix like pattern to the left around the sun blob almost suggest a reflection of the sensor surface, but probably it's not. Over-exposure is highly possible :)
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Lars: No, 'colour smearing' by beat-pattern interference is the dot-like pattern as I already referred to. Ghosts can show colour banding as well, but such are caused by different mechanisms mainly from the optics themselves.
This 'dotted pattern' is an interaction between the sensor and reflective surfaces inside the lens. Quite peculiar and not very common, although it can occur with nearly all digital cameras and lens combinations provided there exists a very strong point-light source and the lens is stopped well down. Thus, I have observed this phenomenon on models from Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Olympus, and Panasonic. Had I kept my Sony A7 I probably would have observed this there as well.
Harald: the old 28-45 Nikkor never ranked high in terms of being resistant to ghosting and lens flare. Which you amply demonstrated.
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D700 w/ 50mm f/2
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Flare - fireworks with the Nikkor 20/3.5 UD ;)
Also posted in Daily-updates of September.
(http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4236.0;attach=18453;image)
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I like the 'Fireworks Flare' of the UD 20mm, John!
Here is mellower and less exciting flare from the Fujifilm XR 23mm/1.4, made more apparent by lifting the shadows strongly, and aided (maybe) by a Nikon L1Bc filter.
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Thanks Keith. That's a very convincing overall flare with the Fujifilm.
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The Slide-projection lens Leica Colorplan 90/2.5 is not really made to perform in the sun ;)
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Something made this old capture pop up,,, :o
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5681/22959583173_27433558c3_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/AYRSbi)_EGL5771 (https://flic.kr/p/AYRSbi) by Erik Gunst Lund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_lund/), on Flickr
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Erik is that the pinhole El Presidente image :D
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Yep that's the flag you still have as well as El Presidente, Carlsberg Pinhole ;)
I believe it was three full flashes with the SB800 to bring out some fill light to the scene!
This is where it became quite obvious that a beer can has a lot of internal flare,,,
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Don't know if anybody cares, but this goes to show the flare of the new "Daguerreotype Achromat" 64/2,9 from Zenit/Lomo.
Used with a cheapo speedbooster on an E-M5/II. Shot accidentally at 800 ISO. f/4. So, many strange parameters involved. At least the lens hood is on.
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Forgot this:
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8387/29756313031_4e042c334f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MksTaR)
Nikon DF - Voigtländer 40mm f2 and close up lens which produces this nice flare... ;)
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(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8668/28082161490_a194432b3d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JMwqf7)
Nikon 50mm f2. Love this lens! :)
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(https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5520/30058834492_8e4bb6b997_o.jpg)
autumn flare (https://flic.kr/p/MNcog7) by Arend (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vermazeren/), on Flickr
With the Helios 40-2 85mm f/1.5 @ f/2
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How I love this thread :)
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The new 20/1.8 AF-S is almost flare resistant :)
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:D Well the view is lovely !
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(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5481/29899286990_fa342dd45f_o.jpg)
Well the 18mm f/4 ais does really well in this department
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Well Fons, you were in The Hague. Nasty flare I might add.
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Well Fons, you were in The Hague. Nasty flare I might add.
Den Haag is famous for its flair ;)
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Sometimes you have to call on the firebrigade to seek for flare-protection, the yet infamous 18mm f/4
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5715/29936616640_5a9cc56122_o.jpg)
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If you ever wondered which lens is almost void of flare, I suggest you try the 20/1.8G 8)
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OK, so no flare, but weird colours instead ? :D
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The new 20/1.8 AF-S is almost flare resistant :)
Jakov, did you use a protection filter on the lens? I don't intend to nitpick, but I wonder the septagonal ghost next to the sun caused by the filter?
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Akira, I didn't use any filters. The only filters that I use biannually are ND filters with very little success :)
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(https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5482/30174644350_272e7639c2_b.jpg)
_DSC4203 (https://flic.kr/p/MYqWuN) by Arend (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vermazeren/), on Flickr
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Arend, that's a beauty! Do share with us some details, please :)
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The flare works perfectly in advantage with the image here. Nice ;)
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Thanks Jakov and John !
Jakov, this afternoon I picked up a Contax Zeiss Planar 1.4/50 and was able to test it just before the sun disappeared. It is actually relatively flare resistant and that is why I tried shooting against the (low) sun wide open with this result. No significant PP.
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The tiny 'hairs' along the edge shines so amazing, Super ;)
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Thanks Arend for the details.
I agree, there's not that much flare there, but I love the irregularities of the rendering as well as your photographic skills.
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Ditto. Love your results
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Arend, that is fabulous!
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Ghosting flare?
20/1.8G.
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The Nikkor 28-85/3.5-4.5 AIS - in the 28mm macro - mode at 10cm distance.
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Nikon 1 AW1, 11-27.5 taken to some extreme in the low standing sun
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the capture would be somehow dull if the sun wasn't shining in from above front up
MÁLÐ (also see mald 2014 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/114702672@N04/albums/72157654863353108))
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Quite successful flare, if I may say so. It looks as though the breath of the conductor has become visible.
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50/1.8 Ai, f/16, D800, ISO 100, no filter. I wasn't expecting this much, but the sun was intensely bright.
EDIT: It seems that the sensor is contributing to the coloring in the flare.
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An iPhone 7 Plus shot from Stavanger.
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Sten this is a beautiful shot, but is there lens flare in it? Just wondering...
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Sten this is a beautiful shot, but is there lens flare in it? Just wondering...
Thanks. Yep, lower right i full of flare.
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Ok...my mind read it as cloud reflections on the building surface. That would be a very strange cloud!
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With the Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 AIS @ f/22
Fuji S5
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You can expect some flare using the mobile Sony Xperia Z close to the sun, but I didn't expect this kind of 'fireworks' ;)
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I have seen that kind of fireworks from the 20mm UD as well. ;)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8587/27733766653_11099b2365_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JfJNAz)Bushaeuschen- (https://flic.kr/p/JfJNAz) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
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If you point at the sun you expect flare and ghosts, but here the sensor(Fujifilm XE-1) added a bit of decorative color to the flare of the 300/4 AF-S(@f/5.6) just before the beginning of totality during the recent total solar eclipse over Oregon, USA:
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If you point at the sun you expect flare and ghosts, but here the sensor(Fujifilm XE-1) added a bit of decorative color to the flare of the 300/4 AF-S(@f/5.6) just before the beginning of totality during the recent total solar eclipse over Oregon, USA:
That could give a record cover or be printed on a science fiction novel.
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I have seen that kind of fireworks from the 20mm UD as well. ;)
And from the 28 f/3.5 as well
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The lenses of the 1960's create "The Flare We All Grew Up With", both in stills and movies. Your 28/3.5 has that look.
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Buddy and Kieth, your images are depicting heaven ;)
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This is a effect has never happen to me before. Nikon 24-70 2.8 vr at f/22. In the second image, not so underexposed, the line of light is gone (and the guy with the crown appears but that´s another story leading to the final shot ;D)
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The Nikkor 35-200mm f/3.5-4.5 AI-S @35mm f/3.5
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If you point at the sun you expect flare and ghosts, but here the sensor(Fujifilm XE-1) added a bit of decorative color to the flare of the 300/4 AF-S(@f/5.6) just before the beginning of totality during the recent total solar eclipse over Oregon, USA:
Wow, Keith, are these caused by the phase detect pixels?
The Nikkor 35-200mm f/3.5-4.5 AI-S @35mm f/3.5
John, the ghosts look pretty!
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Wow, Keith, are these caused by the phase detect pixels?
There are no phase detect pixels in the XE-1 as far as I know. The little colored arcs are made as visible as appears here by a strong post-production lifting of the shadows.
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John, the ghosts look pretty!
Yes agree. Unusual set of ghosts. ;)
Actually the lens is pretty flare resistant. But the construction with 17 glass parts is special
Marco Cavina analyzed this lens: "https://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://www.nital.it/nikkor-historical/35-200mm.php&prev=search (http://"https://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://www.nital.it/nikkor-historical/35-200mm.php&prev=search)
"In this diagram all the parameters related to the optical scheme are present: refraction and dispersion of the glasses, radii of curvature of the lenses, thicknesses and spaces on the axis, variable distances with the flotations. The optical scheme of the Nikkor 35-200mm is based on four groups of main lenses, all mobile, which involves four variable spacings during the focal variation and focusing: spaces D5, D13, D19 and the retrofocal distance Bf; the focal length of the lens is 36.12 - 193.96mm and its optic core is an amazing arsenal of special optical glasses, to the point that on 17 lenses only 5 cone were made with optical glasses with "normal" characteristics:"
"they are above all present two low dispersion glasses of the Phosphor-Krown type and proprietary formulation (L2 - L10), with Abbe number exceeding 70;"
"it is interesting to know that, in the original project by Tomowaki Takahashi, inventor of the scheme, the second lens was made of ED glass (even lower dispersion, with Abbe vD = 82.6 instead of 70.1), a further refinement it was renounced by setting production to avoid further burdening costs."
"There are also four Short-Flint glasses with high-very high refraction and high dispersion (L1 - L5 - L8 - L11), one of which refers to the Schott SF6 and the other three to a Nikon proprietary glass much used by its designers and characterized from a refractive index of 1,861, a value outperformed by the impressive Lanthanum Short-Flint in position L4, a glass with very high refraction (even higher than 1.9) and proportionally reduced dispersion with respect to this refractive value (vD = 35,8): as a reference, they are values that bring together those of the famous glass "Leica Noctilux" ..."
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There are no phase detect pixels in the XE-1 as far as I know. The little colored arcs are made as visible as appears here by a strong post-production lifting of the shadows.
Thank you, Keith, for the details. So, the artifact is caused by the error in ACR of the older version.
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Yes agree. Unusual set of ghosts. ;)
Actually the lens is pretty flare resistant. But the construction with 17 glass parts is special
Marco Cavina analyzed this lens: "https://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://www.nital.it/nikkor-historical/35-200mm.php&prev=search (http://"https://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://www.nital.it/nikkor-historical/35-200mm.php&prev=search)
Wow, thank you for the link. The article blows the "1001 Night" away!
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Thank you, Keith, for the details. So, the artifact is caused by the error in ACR of the older version.
I don't think the colored shape artifacts are software-generated. I think that the colored spots are more like ghost images generated by the lens optics and reflections from the sensor. Notice that they mimic the shape of the solar crescent. I may try a re-creation test by shooting with the sun partially obscured by an intervening object, but today it is too cloudy.
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I don't think the colored shape artifacts are software-generated. I think that the colored spots are more like ghost images generated by the lens optics and reflections from the sensor. Notice that they mimic the shape of the solar crescent. I may try a re-creation test by shooting with the sun partially obscured by an intervening object, but today it is too cloudy.
Hmm...if they are ghosts, it is surprising to see how many times the "original" ghost is reflected back and forth so many times... They also look like they are radiating from the brightest spot of the "diamond ring". ::) ::) ::)
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Wow, thank you for the link. The article blows the "1001 Night" away!
Yes it does. Actually this 1001 night article is not so good, I think. Not many details about the design phase, it contains just a few 'observations'.
Very little to find about this lens, by the way.
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Hmm...if they are ghosts, it is surprising to see how many times the "original" ghost is reflected back and forth so many times... They also look like they are radiating from the brightest spot of the "diamond ring". ::) ::) ::)
They are ghosts in the sense that they are distinct shapes but are not part of the imaged scene, even if they have not been generated in the normal fashion though internal reflections of/through the iris opening. BTW, I checked the raw file on 3 other raw converters--Iridient, Photo Ninja, and MacOS--- and all versions look the same as the Lightroom/ACR one I originally posted.
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Keith, thank you for taking your time to examine the RAW files in other converters. X-trasns sensor is still mysterious to me...
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If you point at the sun you expect flare and ghosts, but here the sensor(Fujifilm XE-1) added a bit of decorative color to the flare of the 300/4 AF-S(@f/5.6) just before the beginning of totality during the recent total solar eclipse over Oregon, USA:
Looks to me like "enhanced" ghost. :D
Dave
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Flare through windshield, CA Yuba River area
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AI 55/1.2 into the sun.
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Time for more flare and ghosts. This is the Fujifilm 23mm/1.4 wide open, pointed at one of our new LED streetlights. The Fuji lenses have a soft halation around very bright sources that seems to be designed-in. I wish it wasn't there, but it is "natural" in the sense that it mimics a common characteristic of human vision.
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It was hard to get flare and ghosts with the Sigma 20/1.4 but that can be achieved with nearly any lens.
Victim is the 1916 Herbst & Firl camera with a Taylor & Hobson Anastigmat Cooke lens, 10,5" f/4.5
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Events/ABC-Chorus-Line-2018/i-sqsgFFS/0/f4ea7772/O/DSCF8644-133.jpg)
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Moon eclipse 21 January 2019 ;)
35-200/3.5-4.5
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Multi-'moon' flare -- how nice.
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Thank you.
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Moon eclipse 21 January 2019 ;)
35-200/3.5-4.5
A well inspired and executed image...
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Thanks Akira.
Now some flare coming from the left ;) Developed in Photo Ninja by the way.
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Jhon, what an interesting way to use the flare to create your own firmament. Great result!
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Thanks Paco.
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Flare and lines interaction
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A dirty filter contributed to the scene were the catkins of the magnolia are the main subject...
Angenieux AF 28-70/2.6
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A dirty filter contributed to the scene were the catkins of the magnolia are the main subject...
Angenieux AF 28-70/2.6
That's a very colorful flare, John ! ;)
Belows : I cannot call this flare, rather rays ?...Well, the pink one is a flare, actually .
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The Opera House on KR64.
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Cool shot, Hans! Flares looked better on film. Do you remember what the lens was?
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Hello Keith, the lens was either a 35mm/f2 AI or a 24mm/f2.8 AI, I suspect the former. All I carried in those days were those two and an 85/f2...so that helped narrow down the possibilities :-).
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Fuji zoom @18 mm f10.
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A dirty filter contributed to the scene were the catkins of the magnolia are the main subject...
Angenieux AF 28-70/2.6
Love this one!
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The Opera House on KR64.
Very nice!
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OverTheEdge swing, Amsterdam
(https://live.staticflickr.com/634/32307145051_af7f2b22ac_h.jpg)
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Inari Lake, Finland
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4786/40994157341_397727ad95_h.jpg)
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Very nice swing Luc!
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Thanks Nasos, it’s 100m high. If you dare to look around the view over Amsterdam is great. So I’m told ;)
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Love this one!
Thanks Luc.
Lovely shot of that swing !
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Very nice!
Thank you Luc.
I like the swing silhouette...now show us the view of Amsterdam (my birthplace) from the edge, no selfie sticks allowed ;D ;D
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Thanks John, Hans.
Hans,
I was also born in Amsterdam, in the Bos en Lommer area :) I lived there until the age of four when we moved to nearby Amstelveen. I can offer you the view as shown below, shot on the same trip as the earlier posted image.
Visible from left to right Het Muziekgebouw, the high rise building (Delta Lloyd?, my father used to work there) at the Amstel (de Omval), the Central Station and in its background the high rise buildings of the business centre at De Zuidas.
This image was shot with a Samyang fisheye lens.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/426/32307146661_943e074b05_h.jpg)
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Luc, three themes in one...nice work!
We left when I was 4 years old and settled in Melbourne Australia. On a visit back in the early "70's, I fished that water in front of your vantage point (Het Ij?) with my uncles in sub-sub zero degree weather...I clearly remember the pain of having to hold the rod underwater as a police boat passed, I did not have a license ;D ;D
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Hans, the water is indeed Het IJ. Great story about the fishing rod! Greetings from a fellow Amsterdammer :D
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Sun, Regte Heide and the Voigtlander Color Ultron 50/1.8 ;)
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Sun, Regte Heide and the Voigtlander Color Ultron 50/1.8 ;)
WOW!
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Sun, Regte Heide and the Voigtlander Color Ultron 50/1.8 ;)
WOW2!
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Amazing flare! 8) ;D What camera did you use?
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Amazing flare! 8) ;D What camera did you use?
The Nikon Z7 and M42 - Z adapter
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Spectacular :)
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I was thinking if putting this one on the "water" thread but I may work better here.
D200 ir, 18-70mm 3.5-5.6