Help with Photo analysis (Page 4): Yours looks kind of like mine Ron, I just quickly used the native editing tools on my IPad, not LR or PS to adjust brightness and contrast

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Rongnongno wrote:

Been watching since it inception...

This is not a halo per say, if you look at the light abnormally there is the appearance of a 'foot' or 'support'.

Yours looks kind of like mine Ron, I just quickly used the native editing tools on my IPad, not LR or PS to adjust brightness and contrast - nothing sophisticated like yours. If it were my body, I think I’d turn up the contrast a notch or two and turn down the EC just a little, but each of us has our preferences.

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boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

It may be som kind of projection through the glass table. Much like using a magnifying glass to start a fire. A change in the angle of the sun will change the look of the "projection"

fantom Loc: Colorado

Check the surface of both ends of your lens. This is very similar to the effect you get shooting through tree branches that are close to the lens. where the branch becomes seemingly translucent. The oval is translucent but its cause remains to be discovered.

Something very close to or on the lens is interfering with the light striking the sensor. The mystery is what that object is. The oval, rubber band shape is what needs to be identified so I have suggested a lens and sensor examination.

tgreenhaw

I see a lot of sensor and/or lens debris. The halo could be related to that, bit a good thorough cleaning is in order.

MRHooker2u Loc: Kingston, WA

That appears to be a square table.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

MRHooker2u wrote:

That appears to be a square table.

err.....

Folks are talking about a table close to the camera... Not in the background.

jimmol

It's not likely due to the table, which is in shadow, not bright sunlight. Also, the table looks square rather than round, as best I can tell. You are aiming into the sun, which is likely to cause reflections inside your lens. However, the ring is fixed in position relative to other objects in the photo; this is not likely in the case of reflections inside your camera. My best guess is that the ring is a reflection from some object out of view to the left.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

tgreenhaw wrote:

I see a lot of sensor and/or lens debris. The halo could be related to that, bit a good thorough cleaning is in order.

Well, the dust you see is in the scene, not on the sensor. Throwing leaves up in the sky does that you know...

On an image like this it is near impossible to see if the sensor or lens need cleaning.

As to the halo, there are two instances of it, nearly identical. That also is not evidence of dust/debris/whatever.

I stay away from guessing what it is but I can tell what it is not.

Shoot from the hip

You can’t fit a square table into an oval hole.
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revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Since the circle is directly in front of table in all the photos it likely had something to do with it.

tgreenhaw

Rongnongno wrote:

Well, the dust you see is in the scene, not on the sensor. Throwing leaves up in the sky does that you know...

On an image like this it is near impossible to see if the sensor or lens need cleaning.

As to the halo, there are two instances of it, nearly identical. That also is not evidence of dust/debris/whatever.

I stay away from guessing what it is but I can tell what it is not.

You are right. I downloaded the images to take a closer look and what I was referring to isn't the camera as far as I can tell.

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

Here's another similar shot about 3 min after. Still SOOC with no PP. Biggest difference is I adjusted to a faster shutter speed because the first bunch was over exposed. No halo. It was dusty so maybe dust on lens? At 170mm @ f/5 I would think dust wouldn't even show.
Renee was close by, maybe something she was wearing or holding was causing a reflection. I thought it might be a sun/lens flare but the reflection seems to stationary to be a lens flare or reflection inside the camera

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Pancanon Loc: NC/SC

The table appears to be rectangle in shape so no ring reflection there.

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

Rongnongno wrote:

Been watching since it inception...

This is not a halo per say, if you look at the light abnormally there is the appearance of a 'foot' or 'support'.

Thanks Ron. I really like your processing of the photo. I would be greatly appreciated if you would share your PP work.

I don't quit see a 'foot or support' so I'm not sure what your thoughts were.
Steve

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Steve DeMott wrote:

Here's another similar shot about 3 min after. Still SOOC with no PP. Biggest difference is I adjusted to a faster shutter speed because the first bunch was over exposed. No halo. It was dusty so maybe dust on lens? At 170mm @ f/5 I would think dust wouldn't even show.
Renee was close by, maybe something she was wearing or holding was causing a reflection. I thought it might be a sun/lens flare but the reflection seems to stationary to be a lens flare or reflection inside the camera

Nice shot - that looks just right regarding exposure to me.