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Mar 5, 2012 09:18:37   #
RCBlank Loc: Ohio
 
Hi everyone,I am just wandering if anyone could give some ideal what could have caused a fuzzy spot in the small tree about 2 feet from the top of it.I have never had this to happen before.There was nothing on My lens and it seems to be the only photo it happen on.Just wandering.Thanks



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Mar 5, 2012 09:34:02   #
Frank T Loc: New York, NY
 
Well, It's snowing so a flake may have landed on your lens. In that case; no issue at all. If it appears in other photos, it's probably some dirt on your sensor and then you'll need to clean it.
Take a photo of a clear sky and look for it, it will be in the same place. You can also check your camera manual in most DSLR's theres a setting just for the purpose of checking the sensor.

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Mar 5, 2012 09:50:17   #
MT Shooter Loc: Montana
 
I agree, looks like a snowflake on the lens to me too.

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Mar 5, 2012 11:04:53   #
English_Wolf Loc: Near Pensacola, FL
 
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Mar 5, 2012 11:15:05   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
It appears that something was either on the lens or close to it...

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Mar 5, 2012 14:46:48   #
photogrl57 Loc: Tennessee
 
It's more than just on the small tree it actually goes off the edge of the photo ... so I'm thinking it's most likely a branch from another tree that was in the view but much closer to the camera .. so it's out of focus ... there are a couple on the roof of the barn also

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Mar 5, 2012 21:28:16   #
naturalite Loc: Up state NY
 
Hummmmmm, I'd say...don't clean your lens with a used hankerchief....especially if you have a cold....I know from experience.. :roll:

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Mar 6, 2012 07:13:44   #
steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA
 
photogrl got it. There are several small branches on a closer tree within your image. The one blur you refer to starts on the right side, about 1/3rd from the top, and you can follow it through the woods, across the pole, and into the smaller evergreen on the right.



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Mar 6, 2012 08:08:26   #
rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
 
According to the EXIF data it was photoshopped. I'm wondering if this might be a photoshop error?

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Mar 6, 2012 09:49:47   #
Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
 
RCBanks.. I think you meant to use the words "wondering" and "idea" not ideal, because those are two very different words. As for your smudge, if it is not what is suspected and that being a branch that is very close and out of focus which was not noticed, then it is quite possibly something that has happened in Photoshop. It is most probably the out of focus branch though, due to its irregular shape.

However, if this is not the case, I have had a similar thing happen to me numerous times when using photoshop. Sometimes I have noticed it immediately and other times it has gone unnoticed until much later when it was too late to correct and I had to start all over again.

For me it happens or seems to happen when I am doing cloning for some reason. I don't know if it is a bug in the software, or the computer or the graphics card. As I am holding left clicks and moving the mouse or Wacom stylus pen to clone out a section, every once in a while there will appear a long streak across a section of the image I am working on. It is as if I slipped and slid the mouse or pen right across the image. Now this does not always eminate right from the point I am working on either.

It can sometimes appear way off to one side of the image opposite to the point I was actually doing the work on.
For example I may be working around the left side of the mouth and suddenly I see a big line of blur run across the right eye and down the cheek slightly or possibly off from the ear into the hair. There is no set pattern to what it will do each time when it happens, it just randomly does something.

If I have zoomed in very close while working on the image I will not see this happen because it is outside of the image part on the screen, so I need to check the image when I zoom out again to see if anything happened during this close work. Other times I see it happen as I'm moving the mouse/pen because I am working with more of the entire image showing on the screen and suddenly I see something streak across the screen on another area of the image. I immediately stop and go back a few steps to get rid of it, when I notice it happening that is.

It can happen a few times during such work on a single image and then for no reason does not happen for dozens of images later, no matter how much or little work I am doing on it. There is no rhyme or reason for this to happen it just suddenly goes crazy and does it. Therefore if you were doing some photoshop work to this image, it may be that the same thing happened to you as has happened to me. It is usually while working with the rubber stamp cloning tool. It also has happened while using the healing brush, so is not limited to just one tool.

By the way it is a beautiful image you took, wish we had some snow like that, it has been a poor winter for snow here this year You must be in one of the snow belt areas of Ohio. Have not been out to ski once this winter if you can call it a winter, not needed to start up the snow blower either. I just had a feeling the minute I bought a snow blower, that would be the end of deep snow falls for ever. Funny thing though, I bought a lawn mower yet the grass still keeps gowing during the summer but it does seem to rain less. If you live in a windy area, just buy a sail boat, it will stop blowing very quickly.

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Mar 6, 2012 10:07:06   #
photophil Loc: Maryland USA
 
Looks like an outa focus tree branch coming from the right side

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Mar 6, 2012 11:12:20   #
designpro
 
I took a look at the large version of your photo and did noticed a slight fuzz but not bad.

Is this shot hand held or on a tripod? Hand held could be camera shake.

I also thought the photo was very grainy most likely caused by high ISO could cause an issue.

Food for thought, if your camera is capable of shooting in Kelvin for the white balance, try setting the white balance to 6500 Kelvin and over meter .3 to .7. This should remove the blue cast and make the snow white...Manual mode is the required setting here!

Regards

RCBlank wrote:
Hi everyone,I am just wandering if anyone could give some ideal what could have caused a fuzzy spot in the small tree about 2 feet from the top of it.I have never had this to happen before.There was nothing on My lens and it seems to be the only photo it happen on.Just wandering.Thanks

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Mar 6, 2012 11:36:52   #
docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado
 
RCBlank wrote:
Hi everyone,I am just wandering if anyone could give some ideal what could have caused a fuzzy spot in the small tree about 2 feet from the top of it.I have never had this to happen before.There was nothing on My lens and it seems to be the only photo it happen on.Just wandering.Thanks


movement - i mean you are outside - little wind little movement Poof.

Don't worry only you will ever be bothered by this imperfection of a moment in time.

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Mar 6, 2012 19:00:35   #
pfredd
 
RCBlank wrote:
Hi everyone,I am just wandering if anyone could give some ideal what could have caused a fuzzy spot in the small tree about 2 feet from the top of it.I have never had this to happen before.There was nothing on My lens and it seems to be the only photo it happen on.Just wandering.Thanks



Photogirl first spotted the cause as not at all a fuzzy spot.
Thanks for posting as a large image cause just a quick look shows a bunch of very visible branches way out of focus. There seems to be a bunch more 1 to 2 0'clock position. The The 'fuzzy' spot is only a larger spot created by out-of-focus branches crossing.



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Mar 6, 2012 19:22:04   #
Ugly Jake Loc: Sub-Rural Vermont
 
[quote=pfredd][The The 'fuzzy' spot is only a larger spot created by out-of-focus branches crossing.[/quote]

And moving - motion this close would be visually obvious.

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