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Jan 27, 2019 21:41:04   #
Marg Loc: Canadian transplanted to NW Alabama
 
I took some sunset shots this evening and was surprised upon viewing to find this circle on several of the shots. I have been practising with lens flares but had never seen this before. Sigma 18-250 with no filter.


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Jan 27, 2019 21:44:27   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
You did quite nicely in getting this flare.
--Bob
Marg wrote:
I took some sunset shots this evening and was surprised upon viewing to find this circle on several of the shots. I have been practising with lens flares but had never seen this before. Sigma 18-250 with no filter.

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Jan 27, 2019 21:48:59   #
Marg Loc: Canadian transplanted to NW Alabama
 
rmalarz wrote:
You did quite nicely in getting this flare.
--Bob


Thanks, Bob! I’m changing from “what the heck is that?” to “Holy cow, you guys! Look what I did!” 😂. But I’m certainly going back to see if I can do it again.

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Jan 28, 2019 00:18:38   #
wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
 
Marg wrote:
Thanks, Bob! I’m changing from “what the heck is that?” to “Holy cow, you guys! Look what I did!” 😂. But I’m certainly going back to see if I can do it again.


This circular lens flare I think is much more pleasing than the more common linear flare. It is exactly hard to say how it was exactly created, but I suspect the main cause is the location of the sun so close to the centerline of the lens.

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Jan 28, 2019 07:34:09   #
Marg Loc: Canadian transplanted to NW Alabama
 
wdross wrote:
This circular lens flare I think is much more pleasing than the more common linear flare. It is exactly hard to say how it was exactly created, but I suspect the main cause is the location of the sun so close to the centerline of the lens.


Thanks for looking and commenting, wdross. I was happily surprised and will be interested in seeing if I can recapture the circular flare.

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