Weird bird appeared on photo, technical error?

gold139 · Dec 5, 2012

i found this picture days ago, and it seems weird to me.

well the bird is so bright that it doesnt make sense. there's no bird species that can reflect light to this extent even if it's a dove, furthermore the red lining is weird too. Is this because of the camera's problem?

EIngerson · Dec 5, 2012

Actually, all birds have a sheen that can reflect the sun like that. You just happen to catch the glare.

SCraig · Dec 5, 2012

Cross posting the same topic to more than one forum is frowned on. See your same post Here.

AgentDrex · Dec 5, 2012

Well, it had been mentioned in the other thread that this could be "chromatic aberration". I would venture to mention the same. It would be nice if you had mentioned the camera and lens used. Also mentioning the f/stop used would be helpful as I can make the educated guess that you had your lens wide open. This would also lend itself to the heavy softening you see in the photo.