Dan Thornton Loc: Corpus Christi, Texas

The photo was taken about 20 minutes before sunrise with a Canon 5d IV and 24-105 II lens without a lens hood. I noticed the unusual flare while processing the image and have not seen this type of flare before. I am just curious if anyone else has seen something similar? I went back the next day to verify the flare and got similar results. Also, the area has a lot of lights other than the ones seen in my photo.

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

In the bottom frame, couldn't that diagonal on the left be a plane? I don't have a guess for the others.

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

Could be flying bugs, maybe a star or two or as Paul said an airplane. The blow-ups almost have a shape and movements created by long exposures.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

To what flare are you are referring?

Dan Thornton Loc: Corpus Christi, Texas

I kind of thought so too, but I did not see anything at the time I took the photo.

Dan Thornton Loc: Corpus Christi, Texas

I'm not quite sure flare is the correct term but it was not present when I took the picture. This is the image from the second day. I don't know how to allow you to zoom in, sorry.

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

This newest version seems even more like bugs in the light (and a few stars).

Bill_de Loc: US

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Creatures of the night might be present in the photo.

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jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Could be a dirty sensor.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Not likely. Dirt doesn't emit light, it blocks it.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

It's a bird, it's a plane, NO it's SUPER-flare or some other optical anomaly. It's too strong a line fr a flying animal or insect and a plane probably would no have been as defined and it may have multiple landing or wing lights. If this was a time exposure there would be more "spaghetti".

My guess, since it is about the and colour of the b par f the MC D's sign it is probably some sort of optical anomaly, such as an internal reflection in the lens, a part of a flare pattern, or something I shod know but I fell asleep in optics class. Weh a skylight or other clear filter is in place sometimes a double image occurs of certain light sources.

My knowledge of sensor physics is sadly deficient to date- I'm working on it, but it could be one of the aforementioned issues at effect sensors that wor no appear on film.

If it does not happen again, it probably is not a dirty season or a defect in the lens or body.

I'll check out my file of fast food joints- I shoot food for the company that makes their menu board and interior signage. I'll see if there is a poltergeist or the ghost of the original Mc Donald Brothers or Ray Kroc flying around and haunting all their restaurants.

Try it again under similar conditions and see if recurs.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

I don't even see it 😯😯😯

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Could be, if there’s some form of living sensor dirt that moves around between exposures. Kinda scary to imagine.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

It's more likely to be Tinkerbell than sensor dust ....

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Tinkerbell is scary !