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Bjørn Rørslett

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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #105 on: January 19, 2016, 10:08:31 »
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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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #106 on: January 19, 2016, 15:02:47 »
D750 + 70-200VRII


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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #107 on: January 19, 2016, 18:30:06 »
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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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #108 on: January 22, 2016, 06:05:03 »
Just a little bit of flare here

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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #109 on: January 22, 2016, 16:02:59 »
Ghosting and a bit of flare

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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #110 on: January 24, 2016, 20:06:27 »
Different kind of flares in this shot showing the Foster of Regte Heide on his guided tour nearly 8 years ago.


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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #111 on: January 24, 2016, 21:05:52 »
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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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #112 on: January 24, 2016, 21:14:53 »
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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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #113 on: January 24, 2016, 22:48:09 »
D700, 17-35/2.8 AF-S, @ t/800, f/8, 17mm
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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #114 on: January 25, 2016, 02:36:08 »
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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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #115 on: February 02, 2016, 05:40:16 »
D700 28mm f/3.5 @ f/4

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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #116 on: February 02, 2016, 09:17:46 »
A great image, Chip.  And a rather unfortunate flare ;)

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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #117 on: February 02, 2016, 09:48:47 »
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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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #118 on: February 02, 2016, 09:49:08 »
Great shot, Chip!
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Re: Lens Flare
« Reply #119 on: February 02, 2016, 18:37:02 »
Thanks John and Jakov :)