Question!

[EileenHui]

Hi everyone, i went to a concert at the park. Afterward, I took a picture of my friend. But I found that on the pic, there are some "light" (I'm not sure how to describe it) on her body。

I'm wondering what I might have done wrong and lead to these? Thanks!

 

[DaevidClarke]

lens flare?

 

[IlSan]

Yup - I'd say that is a lens flare...

 

[Bryce]

Spirit orbs.

 

[EileenHui]

Ohhh, I see!

Is there any way that I can prevent the unwanted lens flare?? I know some of them look great in the pictures! But sometimes it may not??

 

[IlSan]

Spirit orbs.

:er: that is a new theory

 

[EileenHui]

Spirit orbs sound a bit scary.. haha~!

 

[Dao]

Avoid framing with a bright object such as street light in your example inside the photo.

Some lens (or camera with non interchangeable lens) do a better job on minimize the lens flares than others

 

[IlSan]

Well - I normally get them sometimes when I take photos in broad daylight and don't use a proper lens hood / try my usual get the sun out of the picture but still there) So for daytime photography my first suggestion would be to use a proper lens hood.

For night time photography - are you using any filters? One thing that might help for night time shots is to remove any filters you have on, maybe even use a hood for night shots...

In Post-Processing it is possible to get rid of them though should they happen, even if it is a very tedious process.

 

[EileenHui]

Thanks, IlSan.

I didn't use any filter, but I will try to use the lens hood next time and see, I always thought that lens hood only for daytime use only!

 

[Dao]

FYI:
Lens hood will not solve the issue with the example you posted since the light source was inside the frame.

 

[EileenHui]

Ohhh,,, maybe get the light source out and focus on the person will be better?

Because I cannot hold my camera steady, so I'm always afraid of taking pictures at night!