What Did The Sun Do To My Photo?

[Nintendoeats]

I took this using my 35mm 1.8G lens with a clear glass filter on it and a lens hood. All of my shots from this angle have this odd washout and sunspotting. Obviously the sun is there, but it is reasonably far out of frame and this isn't what I saw through the viewfinder. What happened, and how can I work to prevent it in the future? Blurriness may simply be because I'm getting used to back-button focusing and forgot.

Here is a nice one to compensate if the previous made your eyes bleed. No skill required, it's hard to take a bad closeup of this wall.

 

[480sparky]

...........with a clear glass filter ......... What happened, and how can I work to prevent it in the future? .........

It's flare. Remove the filter.

 

[Nintendoeats]

...........with a clear glass filter ......... What happened, and how can I work to prevent it in the future? .........

It's flare. Remove the filter.

I thought that might be it, thanks.