Mystery "shadow": This is an image in the back yard of a house under consideration. I shot it with a D5300 with the on/in-camera flash and a wide angle zoom at 10mm, the widest zoom...

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

This is an image in the back yard of a house under consideration. I shot it with a D5300 with the on/in-camera flash and a wide angle zoom at 10mm, the widest zoom position. i had similar shadows of photos inside the house, all shot at the widest angle. My fingers were clear of the pop-up flash.

It doesn't happen with tighter shots, but I hesitate to post interior pictures out of a sense of privacy.

Any diagnosis and cures would be appreciated.

George

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jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

newsguygeorge wrote:

This is an image in the back yard of a house under consideration. I shot it with a D5300 with the on/in-camera flash and a wide angle zoom at 10mm, the widest zoom position. i had similar shadows of photos inside the house, all shot at the widest angle. My fingers were clear of the pop-up flash.

It doesn't happen with tighter shots, but I hesitate to post interior pictures out of a sense of privacy.

Any diagnosis and cures wold be appreciated.

George

Did you have the lens hood on?

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

jethro779 wrote:

Did you have the lens hood on?

No lens hood.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

It's probably the shadow of the lens.
--Bob

newsguygeorge wrote:

This is an image in the back yard of a house under consideration. I shot it with a D5300 with the on/in-camera flash and a wide angle zoom at 10mm, the widest zoom position. i had similar shadows of photos inside the house, all shot at the widest angle. My fingers were clear of the pop-up flash.

It doesn't happen with tighter shots, but I hesitate to post interior pictures out of a sense of privacy.

Any diagnosis and cures would be appreciated.

George

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Whatever lens you are using protrudes and casts a shadow with the pop up flash. I had a Sigma 16-35 that did that all the time.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Whatever lens you are using protrudes and casts a shadow with the pop up flash. I had a Sigma 16-35 that did that all the time.

Same here with my Canon EF-S 10-18 mm.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

newsguygeorge wrote:

This is an image in the back yard of a house under consideration. I shot it with a D5300 with the on/in-camera flash and a wide angle zoom at 10mm, the widest zoom position. i had similar shadows of photos inside the house, all shot at the widest angle. My fingers were clear of the pop-up flash.

It doesn't happen with tighter shots, but I hesitate to post interior pictures out of a sense of privacy.

Any diagnosis and cures would be appreciated.

George

If this is just for personal use, it doesn't really matter, but if for real estate purposes you need either an off camera or at least a more serious flash unit that mounts on the hot shoe. Other options include a softbox attachment or something that will reflect and do bounce flash for interior shots. There are various options, some can be home made.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

lens shadow, move your flash off camera

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

oldtigger wrote:

lens shadow, move your flash off camera

Yep. Not a mystery at all.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

newsguygeorge wrote:

This is an image in the back yard of a house under consideration. I shot it with a D5300 with the on/in-camera flash and a wide angle zoom at 10mm, the widest zoom position. i had similar shadows of photos inside the house, all shot at the widest angle. My fingers were clear of the pop-up flash.

It doesn't happen with tighter shots, but I hesitate to post interior pictures out of a sense of privacy.

Any diagnosis and cures would be appreciated.

George

I do not know why you engaged the flash for this particular shot but it seems your lens was protruding far enough to throw a shadow, a common thing for pop-up flashes when used at the widest setting (lens).

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

Lens shadow, common with pop up flashes and ultra-wide angle lenses, as others have stated. Hot shoe flashes generally sit much higher and should solve the problem, as well as being more useful anyway.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Whatever lens you are using protrudes and casts a shadow with the pop up flash. I had a Sigma 16-35 that did that all the time.

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

OK, y’all, thanks. That makes sense, of course. Now, who of us is going to tell my wife we also need a flash to go with the new lenses for Christmas. LOL. And as point of clarification, this was one of many record shots at homes we were looking at in South Texas. Yesterday it was 32F in Amarillo and 74F in Victoria.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

newsguygeorge wrote:

This is an image in the back yard of a house under consideration. I shot it with a D5300 with the on/in-camera flash and a wide angle zoom at 10mm, the widest zoom position. i had similar shadows of photos inside the house, all shot at the widest angle. My fingers were clear of the pop-up flash.

It doesn't happen with tighter shots, but I hesitate to post interior pictures out of a sense of privacy.

Any diagnosis and cures would be appreciated.

George

Repeat the shot with a zoom (say 70-200mm) and a short barrel lens say a 35mm or 50 mm. See if there is any difference. Let us know.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

Linda From Maine wrote:

Same here with my Canon EF-S 10-18 mm.

I have this lens and a 60D but have never used it with the flip flash. So I had to try it and sure enough I got a shadow with the lens at 10mm.