alan9

I did use a lens hood, but since the sun shine directly at the lens it makes the hood useless in this situation. I'll try taking off the filter next time and see if I will get better results.

Thanks for any inputs

I took this picture near the beach today. I've included the sun in

the frame but it is too bright to been seen in the photo. Well, the

obvious improvement would be removing the halo/bright spot or

whatever you'd like to call them. I think this is the result of

using cheap filters (optex). I have several photos in my portfolio

with the same problem. Does this call for a better filter or is it

the lens' problem?

Thanks