[Theme] Lens Flare

[Bjørn Rørslett]

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.

[Jørgen Ramskov]

D750 + 70-200VRII


Untitled by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

[rosko]

These are ordinary blur circles from out-of-focus highlights in the background.

Thank you Bjørn, This what I thought too.

[Chip Chipowski]

Just a little bit of flare here

[ArendV]

Ghosting and a bit of flare

[John Geerts]

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 

[JohnBrew]

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.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

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).

[Thomas G]

D700, 17-35/2.8 AF-S, @ t/800, f/8, 17mm

[JohnBrew]

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.

[Chip Chipowski]

D700 28mm f/3.5 @ f/4

[John Geerts]

A great image, Chip.  And a rather unfortunate flare

[Bjørn Rørslett]

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 ...

[Jakov Minić]

Great shot, Chip!

[Chip Chipowski]

Thanks John and Jakov