Photo marred by a mysterious green bubble?

[OrangeBerry02]

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I snapped this photo from the front door of our cottage the other day ... what is the unfortunate green bubble visible in the bottom left quadrant of the photo? How can I avoid this happening again?

I've had no similar problems with other photos I've taken with my S10.

 

[Hermes Hidayat]

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I snapped this photo from the front door of our cottage the other day ... what is the unfortunate green bubble visible in the bottom left quadrant of the photo? How can I avoid this happening again?

I've had no similar problems with other photos I've taken with my S10.

Hi, that is called flaring... You cant remove it unless you use a ND Filter.

 

[OrangeBerry02]

Thanks for the instant response, Hermes Hidayat. For the uninitiated (ie me) what causes it, what is a ND Filter, and how do I fit such a filter to an S10?

Many thanks for your help.

 

[Hermes Hidayat]

Thanks for the instant response, Hermes Hidayat. For the uninitiated (ie me) what causes it, what is a ND Filter, and how do I fit such a filter to an S10?

Many thanks for your help.

Hi, ND filter is Neutral Density filter. It blocks out excessive light. Its for DSLRs only. But you could buy 1 and just cover the phones lens with it. But i would recommend something else like for example change your angle of picture. Or you could use apps to remove those flare.

And flare is because of any kind of light going into the camera in a certain angle. Thus reflecting it on the photo. And most lenses are 2 piece so there is a gap. And the light bounces off them.

 

[Hermes Hidayat]

Posted this on the Photos Sticky Thread but have had no response.

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I snapped this photo from the front door of our cottage the other day ... what is the unfortunate green bubble visible in the bottom left quadrant of the photo? How can I avoid this happening again?

I've had no similar problems with other photos I've taken with my S10.

I looked closer at your photo.and do you happen to have kids blowing bubbles at that moment?because the flare is singular...

And can you take a screenshot of the photo details?to show the frame size and lens aperture...

And i tried applyinh filters and HDR but the flare wouldnt even budge.

Here is the same photo with HDR.

 

[Hermes Hidayat]

A sample of my kind of Flare. Mine is square because my room light is square shaped.

2nd and 3rd photo is the ND Filter.

 

[ab190670]

Id agree its a bit of lens flare, its an unfortunate occurrence when you are shooting into the sun

 

[daswooski]

I thought for sure you had captured a UFO with your Photo !!!

 

[OrangeBerry02]

Hermes Hidayat

Thanks for all the information and I'm sorry its taken me til now to get back (... busy at the moment). For me the particular point to note is that this is not a fault as such with the camera.

You asked for some details ... I can confirm:

Aperture: F2.4
Focal Length: 4.32 mm
Flash: No flash
White balance: Auto
ISO: 50
Exposure time: 1/4096 s

I have in the past experienced something similar to your "square flare example" when videoing a group playing with fire at night. Most annoying as apart from the doubling of certain aspects the video had been v good.

So thanks again - I am now pre-warned!

 

[Hermes Hidayat]

Hermes Hidayat

Thanks for all the information and I'm sorry its taken me til now to get back (... busy at the moment). For me the particular point to note is that this is not a fault as such with the camera.

You asked for some details ... I can confirm:

Aperture: F2.4
Focal Length: 4.32 mm
Flash: No flash
White balance: Auto
ISO: 50
Exposure time: 1/4096 s

I have in the past experienced something similar to your "square flare example" when videoing a group playing with fire at night. Most annoying as apart from the doubling of certain aspects the video had been v good.

So thanks again - I am now pre-warned!

Hi,the only way is to hold a ND filter or CPL filter before the lens...other than that you cant remove it.or you can change the angle.

 

[lucianus_luciferus]

+1 for aliens