Bude beach - feedback on image spots

[gopal]

Hey All, Just visited Bude beach recently. Used my 0.9 Lee ND grad for this image....



I am not sure where the bright spots on darker areas are coming from. They are not sensor spots. I had my ND filter as clean as it could be. Any ideas?

I've had these spots with a beach shot earlier too. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Cheers
Gopal

 

[JohnX]

Care to high-light where these bright spots are please?

Nothing is leaping at me other than quartz strata in the rocks and some lichen, and that's all natural.

 

[kybear]

I can see a couple of spots,they look like sensor spots to me.

 

[gopal]

OK here is a crop with some areas highlighted, these blotches are all over the darker rocks

 

[gopal]

is it just me, or can someone else see them too?

 

[a1ex2001]

For me you are seeing a problem that isn't there.

 

[Impspeed]

It looks like it could be sea spray on the filter.

 

[Idlefrog]

I can't see them either. May be they are only noticeable when viewing full size whilst editing.

There is a sensor dust dot above the left hand rock which is far more noticeable.

Lovely photo.

 

[justinminns]

The image posted is too small to tell, need to see a 100% crop but it could be hot pixels which can appear in dark areas on long exposures

 

[philwillmedia]

Having a close look I reckon I can see what you're on about.
My (educated) guess is that it's light flaring of tiny droplets of sea spray on the lens (or filter)

 

[gopal]

thanks All for your help and feedback. I am glad at least some of you can see what I can (so I am not imagining it after all), but glad its not that visible too

This has happened in the past and really apparent in dark areas when I turn up shadow detail, I guess a few more beach shots are needed to get to the bottom of this

 

[philwillmedia]

I guess a few more beach shots are needed to get to the bottom of this

Nup...just give your lens (or filter) a wipe befor you take the shot.

 

[gopal]

yup and that too