lens flair even while using a lens hood (Page 2): What's wrong with a little ...lens flair. :P A lens hood is useful to block the sun...but when you have the sun front and center in...

Canisdirus

What's wrong with a little ...lens flair. :P

A lens hood is useful to block the sun...but when you have the sun front and center in your image...well...

Some lenses are better at controlling flare than others...but none can prevent them 100%...in every scenario.

Vincejr Loc: Northern Kentucky

I believe you are right about that.

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

Thanks for the all the advice.
I though it was going to tough to eliminate but I'm limited in my location so moving around not an option

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

Your lens hood will only protect you from sun hitting your lens from the side. If you see the sun the sun shield can't help as at that angle it ain't a sun shield.

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

This reminded me of the astrophysicist who stood up and a scientific convention and announced that he had designed a rocket ship that could deliver an astronaut to the SUN. When all the attendees laughed and reminded him that even if his spacecraft could fly the distance it would burn up and melt long before it reached its destination. He retorted," of course, it would, that's why we are going at night"!

So, if you shot directly into the sun or any intense light source, you'll most likely get flare. A lens shade will SHADE the lens from light, potentially striking the lens from an off-axis angle. It's a SHADE, not a magic flare remover!

The degree of flare in the OP's images is rather minimal in that the contrast in the entire scene I still intact and not entirely "whitewashed". If it is a distraction, he should clone it out in post-processing and move on.

Here's a link to an article on lens flare- well explained and even how to use it creatively:
https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/what-is-lens-flare.html

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

I take a lot of sunset photos from that spot to document the sun's movement throughout the year and only get it once In a while so I was wondering why only sometimes. Thanks for reference

Hip Coyote

You’re shooting directly into the sun. No lens hood will eliminate problems associated with that. Lens hoods are for when the sun is off at an angle. In this case you have a difficult shoot because the sun is bright and the boat is not. I can only say that I would try to make the boat a silhouette. Or stop down a bit to lower the sky exposure and try to bring out the boat in post…but not expect much there.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

ELNikkor wrote:

A hood is most effective when it puts the front of the lens in the shadow; kind of hard when the sun is in the picture...

Bingo!

Quixdraw Loc: x

The point is that with the proper hood, you can shoot toward the sun as long as you use the hood to exclude the sun itself from the frame. I won't add a photo, but was testing the hood yesterday, did that deliberately and successfully several times. The hood radically decreases the number of areas or angles at which you cannot shoot without getting flare.

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

quixdraw wrote:

The point is that with the proper hood, you can shoot toward the sun as long as you use the hood to exclude the sun itself from the frame. I won't add a photo, but was testing the hood yesterday, did that deliberately and successfully several times. The hood radically decreases the number of areas or angles at which you cannot shoot without getting flare.

I'm looking for the sun set so that's not possible. I take sun set photos from the same spot around the 20th of the month to track the migration of the sun from winter to summer and amazed on how far it moves

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Sidwalkastronomy wrote:

I'm looking for the sun set so that's not possible. I take sun set photos from the same spot around the 20th of the month to track the migration of the sun from winter to summer and amazed on how far it moves

The azimuth change from summer to winter solstice to is really astounding!
It's about a 63° change where I live.

Quixdraw Loc: x

I don't notice it so much with the Sun, but if I am awake, lying in bed with the moon up, I can actually see it move through the glass doors. Fast!

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Sidwalkastronomy wrote:

I was out taking sunset photos at the Manasquan In... (show quote)

You’re kidding, right ?!?
The sample image looks perfectly 100% normal. What sort of lens hood do you imagine will possibly block that bright light source ?

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Vincejr wrote:

I believe you are right about that.

Acoarst I am. Every time.

srg

quixdraw wrote:

Not miles, angles, not angels either, look at what happened to Icarus, no angel! He waxed too enthusiastic and flew too close. Talk about melt downs.

😂