Why did I get 2 Suns? I took pictures during sunset at Long Beach NY with a Canon 80D and Canon 24-105 L Lens. for some unknown reason, in a run of pictures there seems to be a double...

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

I took pictures during sunset at Long Beach NY with a Canon 80D and Canon 24-105 L Lens. for some unknown reason, in a run of pictures there seems to be a double sun. Was wondering if this was due to refraction in the lens?

Jim Bob

bioteacher wrote:

I took pictures during sunset at Long Beach NY with a Canon 80D and Canon 24-105 L Lens. for some unknown reason, in a run of pictures there seems to be a double sun. Was wondering if this was due to refraction in the lens?

Tatooine perhaps?

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

Maybe a ghost sun?

vonzip Loc: cape cod

You're on a different planet? Couldn't resist.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Looks like flare. Was there a filter on the front of the lens? If so that may have caused it, or made it worse.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

I've never seen a filter, UV, Daylight or CPL do that. Most likely refraction within the lens. Oh, Tatooine had 2 moons, not 2 suns. A dual solar system would have perpetual daylight.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

It's possible that there was part of a cloud obscuring the central part of the sun. What you photographed was the two parts not being obscured.
--Bob

bioteacher wrote:

I took pictures during sunset at Long Beach NY with a Canon 80D and Canon 24-105 L Lens. for some unknown reason, in a run of pictures there seems to be a double sun. Was wondering if this was due to refraction in the lens?

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

I've never seen a filter, UV, Daylight or CPL do that. Most likely refraction within the lens. Oh, Tatooine had 2 moons, not 2 suns. A dual solar system would have perpetual daylight.

Tatooine has 2 suns - iconic sunset shot of Luke with two suns behind him.

It could be caused by a filter/lens surface reflection or even camera movement such as a "jiggle" during exposure that allowed the MUCH brighter sun to register twice while the rest of the scene only registered once. It can also be caused by an atmospheric lens splitting the sun into two images.

Really need a download to see if there are faint ghosts in the rest of the scene or clues to where the two suns came from.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

rmalarz wrote:

It's possible that there was part of a cloud obscuring the central part of the sun. What you photographed was the two parts not being obscured.
--Bob

Exactly the issue!

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

RichardTaylor wrote:

Looks like flare. Was there a filter on the front of the lens? If so that may have caused it, or made it worse.

I was using a B+W UV filter.

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

MT Shooter wrote:

Exactly the issue!

There does not seem to b a cloud between the 2 suns in the original CR2 file. The original was also exposed more. The sun would have been too big if there was a cloud.

Paulie Loc: NW IL

rmalarz wrote:

It's possible that there was part of a cloud obscuring the central part of the sun. What you photographed was the two parts not being obscured.
--Bob

That's what it very much looks like.

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

Paulie wrote:

That's what it very much looks like.

No as I blew up and did not see any remnants of a cloud. Also the suns would be too big when compared to shots that don’t have this effect.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

bioteacher wrote:

I took pictures during sunset at Long Beach NY with a Canon 80D and Canon 24-105 L Lens. for some unknown reason, in a run of pictures there seems to be a double sun. Was wondering if this was due to refraction in the lens?

It's a revelation!!! LoL
SS

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

rmalarz wrote:

It's possible that there was part of a cloud obscuring the central part of the sun. What you photographed was the two parts not being obscured.
--Bob

Same thing happens sometimes during total eclipses. The light shines through two valleys separated by a mountain just before the sun disapears behind the moon or begins to reappear. It gives a Double Diamond effect to the photogragh.