Lens Flare :@

[AnthonyCorbo]

I just recently discovered the good and bad of lens flare. I went out about 10 minutes ago and shot a couple of a sunset from my street. They look ok but there is a horrible green shadow/ ghost like figure apearing in almost every one and after a little researching it turns out i just experienced lens flare! Woohoo. Anyways first if any one can clarify my hypothesis and second how can you avoid it, i was quite sad with the flare. I guess i'll have to learn from my mistakes hopefully with your help.:thumbup:
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( The photo is completly original, feel free to edit it if possible to rid the lens flare).

 

[chrisburke]

yes, its lens flare, you prevent it in 2 ways... one is dont shoot directly into the sun, and the second is, use a Lens Hood

heres a really quick fix of the pic for you

 

[Big Mike]

Were you using an filters on your lens?

This is often caused by light reflecting off of glass, either filters or the elements in the lens...and bouncing back toward the camera. Lenses and good quality filters often have coatings to reduce this.

In this case, it would be easy to get rid of it with the Photoshop clone tool...or something similar.

 

[AnthonyCorbo]

i was using an uv filter, and i dont have photoshop can something edit it for me please?

 

[Big Mike]

one is dont shoot directly into the sun, and the second is, use a Lens Hood

It is possible to shoot into the sun without bad flare like this....and a lens hood will do nothing for you, if you are pointed at the sun anyway.

 

[Big Mike]

i was using an uv filter,

That's one reason I don't use UV filters.

 

[AnthonyCorbo]

I thought uv filter was good... what is good to use and how did you take out the flare?

 

[chrisburke]

how did you take out the flare?

simple 5 second edit with the clone tool in photoshop

 

[AnthonyCorbo]

is there anything in paint.net able to do that?

 

[chrisburke]

not familar with paint.net but i think gimp (which is a free program) has a clone tool

http://www.gimp.org/

 

[AnthonyCorbo]

I have gimp too, ok thanks alot for your time and help.

 

[Big Mike]

I thought uv filter was good...

Most people only use UV filters for protection...in case you drop or smash your lens, it's cheaper to replace the filter than the whole lens. But unless you use a really good quality filter, it will hurt your image quality and cause problems like this.

 

[austriker]

Most people only use UV filters for protection...in case you drop or smash your lens, it's cheaper to replace the filter than the whole lens. But unless you use a really good quality filter, it will hurt your image quality and cause problems like this.

Reading this makes me almost want to take off my UV filter . . . but i just dont want to scratch my lense

 

[reg]

Reading this makes me almost want to take off my UV filter . . . but i just dont want to scratch my lense

How often do you scratch your UV filter? Of what quality is it?

 

[Solthar]

Your filter seems to be of a lesser quality than I'd feel comfortable using. In risky situations (beach, at the track, etc) I use a nice Hoya Clear filter, and I've never seen anything like that, even when pointing at the sun or other bright objects. IMO, if you're shooting a relatively safe shot like the one above I'd go without the filter.

Care to share the make / model of your UV filter?