Canadian Sunset (Page 3): A good polorizing filter will eliminate glare while a lens hood will eliminate sun flairs in most cases...

fodderwing Loc: georgia

A good polorizing filter will eliminate glare while a lens hood will eliminate sun flairs in most cases

jimni2001 Loc: Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

Hawknest wrote:

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Hell Hawk I am never going to be an old fart. You have to grow up to become an old fart and I very simply refuse to do that. You take offense at my words when they were meant in jest. I am sorry if I hurt your or anyone else's feelings it is not my intention or aim to cause anyone any discomfort here or anywhere and I sincerely apologize if I have. The comment was not aimed at anyone specifically. Sometimes it is hard to impart humor when there is no vocal inflection to serve it up.

Here is my go at what I thought you saw.

photosbysexton Loc: Knoxville, TN

Most people like to have a uv filter on their lens for protection. If you have any filters on your lens, take them off. This will make a huge difference. .

John 1813 wrote:

Can anyone explain the spot to the left of the sun. This shot was on Manual, but doesn't seem to occur as frequently when I set camera to Auto. Settings were f1/15, f5.6,ISO 400.

Hawknest Loc: South Georgia

jimni2001 wrote:

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thanks jimni, apology accepted!! i can barely remember when i was young but what i do remember ( as you ) i didn't want to grow up; never thought i would but i did and now that i am, i'm a little more sensitive as most of us old farts are.lol thanks again!
btw, nice improvement on the pic.

legion3 Loc: Deer Park Long Island

looks like you had a UV filter on the lens. all sunsets should be shot without any filters when the sun is in front of you.

mdeman Loc: Damascus, Maryland

One thing to keep in mind if you have to have flair is where it is located on your image. In this case the flair is on top of a little boat. It would have been much better if your flair was just over the water. Then PP would eliminate the flair without taking out any photographic elements. As you notice in the PP examples, the little boat is gone.

Phreedom Loc: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

John 1813 wrote:

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Shoot into a light source and you get glare, flare, reflection of the light from the surfaces of the lenses in your lense. Can't be stopped except to wait until sun (as an example) is obscured by more cloud, drops lower, etc. so light is blocked and not shinning directly into your lense. No, you can't filter it out... you would have to filter the sun out.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

John 1813 wrote:

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From the angle of the picture in relation to the sun, I think it would be difficult to totally eliminate the flare. Play with different apertures, and look at the "Auto" settings in the EXIF information and see how they compare to your 'manual' or 'semi-auto' settings and see what is different, then use those setting as a starting point for your testing.

There 'might' also be some small, almost undetectable 'water spots' on the lens from condensation/fog/etc that will make the flair more noticeable!

jimni2001 Loc: Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

Hawknest, I am not a young person, I am just not going to grow up. My body is wearing out my knees and shoulders are shot, cataracts cloud my eyes and the hair that use to grow on top of my head now grows out of my ears and nose. Doctors now look at parts of me that I did not even know existed and the days form weeks in a matter of minutes but I still am not going to grow up. What fun would there be in that? I tried it once and didn't like it so I quit.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

jimni2001 wrote:

Hawknest, I am not a young person, I am just not going to grow up. My body is wearing out my knees and shoulders are shot, cataracts cloud my eyes and the hair that use to grow on top of my head now grows out of my ears and nose. Doctors now look at parts of me that I did not even know existed and the days form weeks in a matter of minutes but I still am not going to grow up. What fun would there be in that? I tried it once and didn't like it so I quit.

:lol: :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Hawknest Loc: South Georgia

jimni2001 wrote:

Hawknest, I am not a young person, I am just not going to grow up. My body is wearing out my knees and shoulders are shot, cataracts cloud my eyes and the hair that use to grow on top of my head now grows out of my ears and nose. Doctors now look at parts of me that I did not even know existed and the days form weeks in a matter of minutes but I still am not going to grow up. What fun would there be in that? I tried it once and didn't like it so I quit.

jimni, i know what you are talking about. before we retired we use to schedule everything around work but now we schedule everything around doctors (several) appointments (many).lol
my brain keeps telling me i'm 30 but my body says NO, NO you're 80 but i'm really 65.
btw, the next time your group gets together play a tune for my wife and i (joyce & rick) we will forever be grateful . have a GREAT evening and good luck on not growing up.

John 1813 Loc: Lancaster, NY

legion3 wrote:

looks like you had a UV filter on the lens. all sunsets should be shot without any filters when the sun is in front of you.

I did have a UV filter on, I tried some shots of the sky today with and without it and there was no flare without it. I can go to bed now because I learned something today. Thank you all.

bullfrogs Loc: Chico, Calif.

Perhaps you could learn a lot here on Lens Flare. I find it very informative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare
Good luck and keep those photos coming. Lens Flare is not always a Bad Animal and can be used very effectively to add ambiance to certain photos.
Bullfrogs