Lens Flare ?

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Taken on a tripod with no street lighting nearby, 400D and Canon 50mm 1.8
Could someone please confirm that this is lens flare ...

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If so, how and why ... more importantly, how to avoid it in future

Many thanks in advance

Gary :)
 
Doesn't look like any flare I've ever seen... How long an exposure was this?
I am wondering if it's a moth catching the light from the road below.
 
I don't knowbut it looks like a nasty accident:)
 
The EXIF shows as 2.5 minutes. It's very odd as it weaves around, and yet also has gaps in the track. I'd guess that Matt is on the right track, something reflecting the lights from the road as it flew about.
 
dont know what it is but i love the shot :thumbs:
 
Thanks for the comments so far guys, I can't understand the movement as I was using a remote shutter release too. Here's a couple more that may help but were taken as test shots for gauging the settings and focus ....

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Again, the help is much appreciated :)
 
great shots, i always get wobble , need a better tripod.
 
its definitly not wobble the image is sharp its really weird because its like its wizzing in/out of traffic.... i wonder what that could be?
 
There's something about the 3rd one, 2 little bits just below, looks like at road level... reflections from a torch of a trainer maybe ?
 
oh i wasnt saying it was wobble, was jsut saying i get wobble
 
Well, they were all taken between 3.30 and 4.00 this morning and I certainly didnt see anyone suspicious (except me) hanging round. I've just noticed that the flare in 2 seems to follow the line of the white headlights as they come down the hill so maybe there's something to that ?
 
Rotate the "whisp" through 180 degrees around the centre and it matches the curve of the headlights.

No idea what is causing it though
 
Gary, do you have a filter on the lens ?
 
Uneducated_Rick said:
Rotate the "whisp" through 180 degrees around the centre and it matches the curve of the headlights.

No idea what is causing it though
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All three whisps are perfect copies of the real light trails, so its not something unrelated to the scene.
Besides the filter question from jgs, did you use a hood, hoods although black aren't always matt, sometimes they have a pearl finish.
I've seen reflections caused by hoods in long exposures.
 
Hi guys,

The lens has a skylight filter fitted but no hood. I'll be out again tonight so I'll try it without and I'll make a hood with some matt black backround paper I have, to try and resolve this

Thanks for the help ;)
 
GarynLea said:
Hi guys,

The lens has a skylight filter fitted but no hood. I'll be out again tonight so I'll try it without and I'll make a hood with some matt black backround paper I have, to try and resolve this

Thanks for the help ;)
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If you find out what it is ...let me know please. I also have a skylight filter on my lens and this happened to me last week...

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What kind of skylight filters are you using, it could be some sort of odd refraction within a (cheap?) filter.
 
What kind of skylight filters are you using
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Mine just says it's a Hoya Skylight, came with the lens when I bought it s/h from here. Its the only lens of mine that has one as I always use a hood with my others.
 
general rule of thumb is not to use filters at night, i have seen them cause all sorts of wierd things.
 
33L said:
general rule of thumb is not to sue filters at night, i have seen them cause all sorts of wierd things.
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they dont take kindly to being sued at night they bite!!!

looks like light trails but cant be sure would need to blow up to look first glance is reflected car trails from some where on the lens
 
I went out tonight to try a night time traffic shot, this time without my skylight filter. In the last image I posted I had the 'ghostly' lines but this time not! Maybe it was the filter.

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Maybe it was the filter.
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Yeah I'm thinking that way too but havent had time to go out and try it yet due to work. Glad it's worked for you and a nice looking pic too ;)
 
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