What is causing this?

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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.
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Know it would be nothing to clone them out on a picture like that but Id rather not have them in the first place
 
I'm guessing it's flare from the lights behind :shrug:
 
red and yellow ones on this shot taken a few mins later, ufos maybe? :lol:
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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
 
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:
 
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.
 
It's ghosting, reflection from a bright source reflecting onto the back of the lens off the sensor and back onto the sensor.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
Helium_Junkie said:
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.
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: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.
 
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