What is causing this?

[bsmotorsport]

New to this lot and only had the camera a month now. What is causing these strange lights on my pictures? Noticed them a few times now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bsmotorsport/2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bsmotorsport/1.jpg
Know it would be nothing to clone them out on a picture like that but Id rather not have them in the first place

[inaneredstripe]

are we talking about the breenish blob in the middle of the pics?

[madmitch]

I'm guessing it's flare from the lights behind :shrug:

[bsmotorsport]

sorry, yes the green blobs

[bsmotorsport]

red and yellow ones on this shot taken a few mins later, ufos maybe? :lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bsmotorsport/3.jpg

[inaneredstripe]

seem to be different places in different shots, so yes , probably flare.

[joxby]

Dont think its flare, theres nothing in the 3rd shot to cause flare....what IS that actually?
reflection from something, under the bridge maybe..dunno

[marky_h]

Sensor dust?

[surrealillusions]

red and yellow ones on this shot taken a few mins later, ufos maybe? :lol:

yeah..i think the aliens are invading!

Run for your lives everyone..quick..adopt your classic b movie victim poses for the newspapers!!

;)

[wildtracks]

No, it can't be aliens, as their spaceships are more colourful and have smaller lights around the middle and are more domed shaped...Well, maybe you have discovered a new breed of alien, not yet recorded on film.

As you probably gathered from my reply, I haven't got a clue. I find I sometimes get weird reflections while driving at night from my glasses, so maybe it could be from light bouncing off the sensor glass or the inside of a filter (if fitted)??:thinking:

[mattyh]

or possibly coming from the light source on the left of the image? (3rd one)

[frank]

do you get the same blobs during daytime ?

[RobertP]

My guess is light coming in via the viewfinder from behind the camera. Were there street lights behind you?
There is usually a rubber cover to go over the eyepiece to block it off for long exposures.

[Ajophotog]

It's ghosting, reflection from a bright source reflecting onto the back of the lens off the sensor and back onto the sensor.

[bsmotorsport]

there was light behind me, I think, makes sense what you are saying. I wondered what that cover was for, will give it a go next time.

[Gilly B]

It is definitely lens flare from the lights behind. This happened to me and you can see it in this shot http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_7354_2.jpg

HTH :)

[Helium_Junkie]

If you look at the position of the lights, they are all exactly a 180° rotation of light sources from the main image. It's easy to spot as theyre an exact invert of the brightest light sources.

Therefore, covering your viewfinder will have no effect. You need to re-think the position or timing of your shot, or remove the artifacts in processing.

[Canon Bob]

Interesting...I posted a reply the other night but it's vanished!

My guess is/was that it's light reflected from the sensor onto the back of the lens or filter and then captured again...quite a common problem with single coated filters but can still occur on multi-coated ones if the source is bright enough....I believe.

Bob

[Biko]

If you look at the position of the lights, they are all exactly a 180° rotation of light sources from the main image. It's easy to spot as theyre an exact invert of the brightest light sources.

Therefore, covering your viewfinder will have no effect. You need to re-think the position or timing of your shot, or remove the artifacts in processing.

:agree: They are definitely ghosts of the bright lights in the distance not behind you and is the same problem posted by Gilly B - ghost image of the 2 spots to the right of the man.

Remedy for OP shot would be to shoot at a higher aperture (try f11 or higher) as your using a smaller portion in the centre of the lens. Other cause is if you had a UV filter on.