UFO or ……… ?

A neighbor showed me this recent picture of a sunset taken with a Canon Rebel

that produced the unusual image seen in the center. The image came "out" of the

camera and was not PS'd . Anyone familiar with the camera internals that might

cause this?

 

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Regards.

Looks like some type of lens flare or other internal reflection.

Thanks for the quick response Marika. I am interested in how the digital camera internals created the unique shape of the image. Regards.

If thats flare, then, it's one of the nicest flare I've ever seen. Nicer than the clouds.

It's not a UFO, the UFO is hidden in the clouds. What you are seeing here is the teleporter

beam that is abducting the poor crew of a fishing boat.

 

Either that, or it is lens flare.

John,

 

Flare is a product of the lens, not the camera body. Many times it is exacerbated by the use of one (or more) filters (UV, Polarizer, etc). You can find lots of information on lens flare in a google search.

 

(As an aside, it is possible for a digital camera sensor to reflect light back into the lens causing flare, but in this case the flare is caused by the lens itself.)

Thanks all for the responses. If the lens was the source where did the shape and colors originate? Normal lens flare on film is not shaped or colored like this from what I have seen in the past.

 

Regards.

This is NOT flare! This is a reflection of the micro-pendulum tool used inside the camera to determine its orientation: When the RED line is over the pendulum the camera is in portrait orientation. When the RED line is under the pendulum the camera is in landscape orientation.

Contact National Enquirer.

I like Giampi's "micro-pendulum tool" answer the the best.

 

But this is flare. Possibly exacerbated by by a reflection from the image sensor. Digital's do that, you know.

>>I like Giampi's "micro-pendulum tool" answer the the best.<<

 

Early morning humor :)

Thanks Jim and all.

 

"But this is flare. Possibly exacerbated by by a reflection from the image sensor. Digital's do that, you know."

 

What does the sensor look like under the lens. It starts with a glass protective cover? Right? How thick and optical characteristics? Then what about the anti-aliasing filter that can be removed on some high end cameras? Anything over the physical pixel? Would really like to know everything that's happening inside the box. Regards.

Seriously, I venture this guess.

 

This is not really 'traditional' flare as we know it. We can observe the following:

 

1) the flare-like image is perfectly centered

 

2) it's made of the three primary color (R/G/B)

 

3) it is shaped exactly as it would be if you had shone a beam of light from the rear of a lens.

 

Thus, we can safely deduct that it was light reflected back onto the rear element (causing the R/G/B separation which here appears in reverse order of course) recorded by the sensor.

It's definitely a UFO. I looks like the kind used to transport either the grays or the reptilians.

Thanks Giampi and others. Giampi, if someone else would confirm your theory I'd say absolutely, as you described. I'm going to assume something in the camera added a few things in addition to normal lens flare. Regards.