What Happened to my Photo?

[alex_pierce]

Hello All,

I am new here and for a few months have really been getting into photography. I recently went to Las Vegas and some of my photos of casinos have a weird ghosting going on with the lights. Any idea what could cause this?

My settings are 1/30, f/5.6, ISO 5000 taken with a Nikon D5100 18-55mm DX lens zoomed to 55mm.

Thanks
-Alex

 

[marmots]

you were moving the camera too much for that shutterspeed would be my guess

though i cant really say without seeing the pictures

 

[alex_pierce]

Sorry I am having trouble uploading it. Is there a dimension or file size limit?

 

[marmots]

how are you trying to upload?

because you can't use the upload from computer on the forum

 

[alex_pierce]

I am trying to upload it via the "Image" button in the forum's reply toolbar.

 

[Buckster]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...forum-functions-pictoral-guide-using-tpf.html

Could be you have a filter on the front, like a UV filter. Light bounces off the lens' rounded front element and hits the inside of the filter, then bounces off that and into the lens and goes all the way to the sensor. It can bounce a few times even, causing multiple light ghosts.

If you have a filter on the front of your lens, remove it and try again. See if they go away.

Could just be a dirty lens too, but usually it's a filter.

If the "ghosting" is more like tiny streaks of light all going in the same direction, it's camera movement.

 

[alex_pierce]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...forum-functions-pictoral-guide-using-tpf.html

Could be you have a filter on the front, like a UV filter. Light bounces off the lens' rounded front element and hits the inside of the filter, then bounces off that and into the lens and goes all the way to the sensor. It can bounce a few times even, causing multiple light ghosts.

If you have a filter on the front of your lens, remove it and try again. See if they go away.

Could just be a dirty lens too, but usually it's a filter.

If the "ghosting" is more like tiny streaks of light all going in the same direction, it's camera movement.

Thank you so much!

Here's my photo:

 

[Trever1t]

cool! You weren't shoooting through a window or something?

 

[alex_pierce]

cool! You weren't shoooting through a window or something?

No it was shot outside. But I did have a UV filter on the lens like Buckster suspected.

 

[MLeeK]

It's the filter.

 

[alex_pierce]

It's the filter.

Okay thank you!

I use the filter to protect my lens so I don't want to get rid of it. Would a multi coated filter fix this?

 

[Buckster]

It's the filter.

Okay thank you!

I use the filter to protect my lens so I don't want to get rid of it. Would a multi coated filter fix this?

Now you're opening a bit of a can of worms. Many of us believe that a filter does more harm than good, does not protect a lens, and should not be used.

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...attered-uv-filter-resulting-lens-scratch.html

There's the most recent thread where it's been discussed. Here are more:

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum-photo-gallery/265431-uv-lens.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...ed-nikon-d700-camea-lens-saved-uv-filter.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...forum-photo-gallery/265415-shopping-list.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...tered-image-degradation-test-help-me-out.html

Don't go by the title of the threads above. Take a little stroll though and read them. You will find them very informative.

 

[alex_pierce]

It's the filter.

Okay thank you!

I use the filter to protect my lens so I don't want to get rid of it. Would a multi coated filter fix this?

Now you're opening a bit of a can of worms. Many of us believe that a filter does more harm than good, does not protect a lens, and should not be used.

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...attered-uv-filter-resulting-lens-scratch.html

There's the most recent thread where it's been discussed. Here are more:

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum-photo-gallery/265431-uv-lens.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...ed-nikon-d700-camea-lens-saved-uv-filter.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...forum-photo-gallery/265415-shopping-list.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...tered-image-degradation-test-help-me-out.html

Don't go by the title of the threads above. Take a little stroll though and read them. You will find them very informative.

Thanks for the post! They're very interesting. I agree, I don't think they would do much for dropping a lens. However, I would still like to have them for scratch protection. I am not to concerned with the image quality degrading because most of my photos come out task sharp.

 

[KmH]

It's really pretty hard to scratch the front lens element, unless you routinely treat your gear in a reckless manner and never use the lens hood. The lens hood offers both scratch and impact protection to the lens.

 

[matthewo]

hey its just a kit 18-55, i dont even use a filter on my 24-70