Shooting against the sun

[photomarche]

<p>Hi,<br /> I took this shot at sunset againt the sun, using a 0.6 reverse grad filter</p>

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<p>70mm<br /> f14<br /> 0.8 sec<br /> As you can see it looks like there are 2 suns... I do not know what I did wrong, how can I prevent flare in the future?<br /> Thanks</p>

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[Jerry_]

<p>You need to let us know what ISO setting and what lens (zoom? one-focal length?) you used? Most of the time, the reflection is caused by the filter on your lens. You may have to wait for a hazy-sky condition to tone down the sun for really effective silhouette images.</p>

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[photomarche]

<p>ok,<br /> ISO 100<br /> zoom: nikkor 16-85mm DX<br /> Camera: nikon d7000 (crop sensor)</p>

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Looks like ghosting flare, and some veiling flare. Removing the filter would minimize flare, but if you want the effect of the filter try adjusting the camera position. When shooting into the sun or bright lights you can sometimes move the ghosting flare out of frame by adjusting the pitch, yaw, etc., of the camera on the tripod (or by hand). Basically, just waggle the camera around slowly until you see the most noticeable ghosts move out of the frame. If the horizon isn't level you can fix it later.</p>

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[keith_b1]

<p>Many lenses can create a symmetrically placed(around the lens axis) ghost image of a bright light source without the presence of a filter on the front.<br>

As the others have suggested, the probable solution is to recompose the shot.</p>

[Matthew Brennan]

<p>Thread on filter or filter plate in holder?</p>

<p>I ask this as I occasionally get some nuisance results similar to this when stray light gets in between my filter plate/s and the holder slot/s. I need to use a slotted hood to eliminate this happening but for me it's a rare occurance.</p>

<p>Shooting into the sun is problematic for the associated flare issues. I have a couple of lenses which perform significantly better than others in keeping both ghosting and veiling flare cut down to what I consider acceptable - worthwhile shooting levels. </p>

[sem_svizec]

<p>I think the sun is completely blown, but a band of the sky around it is partially blown (one or two of three channels). Check the RGB values (might be flare too). Try shooting raw, lowering the exposure and process with a raw converter which handles wide dynamic range and highlights recovery, such as LR4, DxO8 or RT4 (you will need to play with adjustments). You may also try bracketing exposure and HDR processing (especially if the lowered exposure causes too much noise, in particular if you like lifting shadows). <br>

Flare is a problem with the sun in the frame, but is least with the sun in the centre as in the OP's pic.</p>

[Wouter Willemse]

<p>Looking at the photo, I am quite inclined to blame the filter for it... I've used the 16-85VR enough with sunrise and sunset, and never saw these kind of problems this clearly. Also the overal sharpness of the image looks rather off, to me - that lens is capable of more.<br>

I do have some Graduated ND filters, but frankly in most cases, shooting RAW and editing the RAW afterwards is about as effective as the filter. Certainly with sunrise and sunset, where (in my experience anyway), the dynamic range of the scene is not that harsh yet that it exceeds what good current DSLRs can handle - and the D7000 certainly has good enougn DR to do this without a filter.</p>

[photomarche]

<p>Thank you for all your comments.<br>

I thought as well it could be the filter,or maybe the way it was positioned (I used Hitech 100mm with Lee filter holder),but I found other points of view very helpful as well. I will have the opportunity to go back to the same location and practice again with and without filter.</p>