What in the world are these light streaks? (Page 2): Maybe. I think that lens flare can manifest itself in a variety of ways, including streaks. My first thought was "oh, you opened...

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

John_F wrote:

Wouldn’t lens flare have a circular symmetry?

Maybe. I think that lens flare can manifest itself in a variety of ways, including streaks. My first thought was "oh, you opened the back of the camera before you rewound the film!"

Mike

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Ozark folklore would suggest ghosts.

I'm not sure what would cause this with digital. Something interesting to note is that they remind me of light leaks as they would appear on color negative film.

AR Farm Gal Loc: Piggott, AR (NE AR)

Blenheim Orange wrote:

Ah, yes, I do the same thing in between focus bracketing sets!

We should start a new thread. "Show us pictures of your out of focus fingers!"

Mike

Thank you! I think you get the prize! I normally hold my hand completely over so there is no image. Since my shutter speed was 1/10, that could explain the blur/streak. Apparently, I waited a little too long to cover the lens completely.

Yes, you go ahead and start the thread. I'll contribute! :)

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

I usually take a shot of the ground or something oof not related to the stack. Does that count as a hand?

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

AR Farm Gal wrote:

Thank you! I think you get the prize! I normally hold my hand completely over so there is no image. Since my shutter speed was 1/10, that could explain the blur/streak. Apparently, I waited a little too long to cover the lens completely.

Yes, you go ahead and start the thread. I'll contribute! :)

I delete them all as I go, but I will be on the alert now!

Mike

Bill 45

Blenheim Orange wrote:

Lens flare, I would say. You were shooting toward the sun. The first image has no problem, but in the second image you were pointing the camera just slightly more to the right, toward the sun, and you got flare - light bouncing around in the lens.

Mike

I have to go with Mike. Remember where the sun is when taking pictures.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

AR Farm Gal wrote:

My husband and I came across this fireplace chimne... (show quote)

It was an apparition.

Seriously, I will bet that light entered the eyepiece and created a light leak. I often see this when shooting long exposures for waterfalls. Nikon cameras have a shade that you can flip down in those situations. Canons have a piece that you can slip over the eyepiece. If you had strong sidelight, that would be my guess. A eyecup or moving slightly to block any direct sun on the eyepiece would eliminate this.

Capn_Dave

Gene51 wrote:

It was an apparition.

Seriously, I will bet that light entered the eyepiece and created a light leak. I often see this when shooting long exposures for waterfalls. Nikon cameras have a shade that you can flip down in those situations. Canons have a piece that you can slip over the eyepiece. If you had strong sidelight, that would be my guess. A eyecup or moving slightly to block any direct sun on the eyepiece would eliminate this.

Yep that has happened to me not using the eyepiece cover. Especially with a long shutter speed of 1/10 asd in your case

ELNikkor

Definitely fingers, I can see the roundy ends of them. You did this while he was moving, as you would not have intentionally taken a photo while he was changing position.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

AR Farm Gal wrote:

My husband and I came across this fireplace chimne... (show quote)

Arkansas Vanshee's. Very rare, nice capture.

aschweik Loc: NE Ohio

They look like fingers from the right hand. Would you use that hand to cover your lens?

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

AR Farm Gal wrote:

My husband and I came across this fireplace chimne... (show quote)

I see three bands of light partially across your picture, highlighted at the top and bottom edges. I observe a circular spot of light just to the right of your husband’s head; it also appears in your first picture. Above that, and slightly smaller and more faint is another disc, at the bottom edge of the middle band. Interestingly, the streak of light at the band top is in each instance more pronounced than at the bottom. Additionally, the bands are of differing lengths. Those two facts could lend credence to the “finger theory”, as also their dimensions related to the frame size – and the sun’s position causing the greater intensity at the band top.

Loren – in Beautiful Baguio

steve Loc: Iowa

ghosts

Retina Loc: Near Charleston,SC

You may have accidentally taken an extra picture before or after blocking the lens. Fingers were my first impression. You may not have heard the shutter being outdoors with a relatively quiet camera and you were conversing.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

There is a slight curvature to those lines, and that would suggest something to do with the lens. I've never seen lens flare like that, but there are a lot of things I've never seen. Take a few more shot into the sun. Maybe you can reproduce that, but I bet not.