Sunset Flare Monster! (Page 3): You have a great lens but this is a effect it sometimes gives when shooting into the sun. I would either use the Steve Perry's take two shots with one...

Kaib795 Loc: Maryland, USA

You have a great lens but this is a effect it sometimes gives when shooting into the sun. I would either use the Steve Perry's take two shots with one shot blocking out the sun and use it in post if you must to remove flare but I like some flare in shots. I put the sun to the corner of the picture so the flare flows bottom in the corner and not in the middle of the shot. For me, I don't care to see the sun in the middle of the picture either. Try it again with the sun to the side and maybe not quite as wide a shot. I've taken inlet pictures of marsh lands with the sun in the corner and the flare is beautiful. Tastefully place the flare where you like it.

Sdubois Loc: Narragansett RI

chipmt2 wrote:

I have a Nikor 14-24 lens and experience the same flair as in sdubois's photo when shooting into the sun. I may be wrong, but I don't think this lens accommodates a screw on filter because of the pronounced curvature of the front element.

You are correct! I could use one but they don't work well with the 14-24 f/2.8

Sdubois Loc: Narragansett RI

Kaib795 wrote:

You have a great lens but this is a effect it some... (show quote)

Great comment thank you!

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Only way to avoid flare is not to shoot directly into the sun. It an be lessened by closing down the aperture, if the light will allow. Sometimes making creative use of flare can enhance the photo.

Theresa Thompson

Sdubois wrote:

Pardon the cheap Halloween reference.

Hi All,
For the following image I used a Nikon D850 with a Nikkor 14-24 ISO100 f/14 1/160sec. Is there a better lens that has less lens flare? is there a technique I can use to reduce it?
I read somewhere that the 20mm f/1.8 has very little flare.
Here is the image that would have been much better without the flare.

Sdubois, I understand wanting to eliminate flare, but IMHO, it adds to this photo. It does not distract. I will also admit I am a minimalist in editing and not an experienced photographer. Great shot!

Sdubois Loc: Narragansett RI

boberic wrote:

I don't care what camera or what lens is used. When shooting into the sun, flare is always a possibility. There is only 1 way to avoid it--don't shoot directly into the sun.

OK I value your opinion thanks for writing

Sdubois Loc: Narragansett RI

Theresa Thompson wrote:

Sdubois, I understand wanting to eliminate flare, but IMHO, it adds to this photo. It does not distract. I will also admit I am a minimalist in editing and not an experienced photographer. Great shot!

Thank You Theresa I am not that experienced either. These forums help though!

Vietnam Vet

If you crop this just above the sun flare, and then crop just above the sun to show an equal amount of the sky, you might have a cool looking panorama.

Sdubois Loc: Narragansett RI

Thank you so much! Am going to try it!

SMPhotography Loc: Pawleys Island, SC

DaveC1 wrote:

Some older Nikkor lenses are noted to have almost no flair. Most of these are primes with decidedly less elements than a typical zoom. Nikkor-Q f4 200mm comes to mind as an example.

The vast majority of my 31 Nikkors are AIS manual focus. I do have 4 non-AI Nikkors that I still use with my Nikon F. Most of my AIS Nikkors are very flare resistant and the non-AI are not bad, the 10.5cm f/2.5 being the worst. I concur about the 200mm f/4 non-AI. The only real exceptions are my 15mm f/3.5 AIS and 35mm f/2 AIS. I only own two zooms, the 25-50 f/4 and 35-70 f/3.5 and in spite of the fact that both have quite a few elements, the coatings on them are quite good and you really have to work at it to get them to ghost. If you are familiar with situations where you know they will ghost, you just avoid them or find ways to work around them.

But regardless of the lens, shooting into the sun can present ghosting problems, especially with shorter focal length lenses.

sadams Loc: Nampa, ID

Here's my 2 cents, Its worked in the past but not sure if it will work for the 14 24 F2.8 try carrying a piece of Black index paper that you could hold ahead and above the lens when shooting to block the aberration. It would help to have the camera on a tripod to assist in the shading of the lens during the exposure. sometimes just a finger or cupped hand above and ahead of the lens can remove the flare. Check the image on the camera after attempting .

SMPhotography Loc: Pawleys Island, SC

sadams wrote:

Here's my 2 cents, Its worked in the past but not sure if it will work for the 14 24 F2.8 try carrying a piece of Black index paper that you could hold ahead and above the lens when shooting to block the aberration. It would help to have the camera on a tripod to assist in the shading of the lens during the exposure. sometimes just a finger or cupped hand above and ahead of the lens can remove the flare. Check the image on the camera after attempting .

I use a similar technique but since the sun is in the center of the frame rather than off camera at an oblique angle, it would not work here. The sun star is fine, but if the OP finds the flare objectionable, then the only alternative is to clone it out. This is very "quick and dirty", I was not going to spend a lot of time on it just to illustrate a point, but it can be done.

theodorephoto

I found if you move the focus a fraction one way or the other you possibly can get rid of it totally without losing the composition. One more thing use your hand or a hat, and play around with that, I've had success with that also.

Love the Photo even with the flare!

Electric Gnome Loc: Norwich UK

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Electric Gnome Loc: Norwich UK

Boberic is right in my honest opinion. I would do as suggested by RichieC and combine two images and blend out the flare. Nice shot by the way.