Paranormal flare

[invisible]

No artificial flare added :)

1. Most of the flare that can be seen here I didn't see through the viewfinder...
http://federicobuchbinder.com/img/v1/p312847007-4.jpg


2. ...and I didn't see ANY flare on the viewfinder at all when I shot this one...
http://federicobuchbinder.com/img/v1/p71747498-4.jpg


Weird things happen when you shoot in haunted houses ;)

[Dogdots]

Wow...and I'm going to bed an just alittle while :D

[richtersl]

#1 is kinda cool....

[WillCAD]

I'm not an expert on this stuff, but wouldn't the fact that the light is bounced off a mirror and twisted through a pentaprism inside the camera, tend to reduce the amount of flare you see in the viewfinder vs the amount of flare that actually reaches the sensor? Do the mirror and eyepiece have anti-glare coatings? How does the prism itself affect lens flare as the light passes through?

I have always noticed far less flare in my viewfinder than I see in the finished shot; I guess I just never thought about these questions before...

[richtersl]

Forgot to add that if the same anomaly appears in multiple photos and it looks the same each time, then it's something you're doing, which can be something as simple as capturing light refraction. :dunno Been there, done that. :rofl

Some years ago when I was in Gettysburg I photographed something very unusual through a window. I thought it may have been something paranormal and didn't have my reading glasses with me so I asked a friend of mine to take a closer look at through the preview. She told me whatever is was had "Olympus" written on it. :rofl It was nothing more than a reflection of my lens.

[invisible]

Thanks Mary, Linda and Will for your comments. I don't really believe in the paranormal :) I just found it interesting that I saw no flare at all through the viewfinder when shooting #2. Zero. But as soon as I reviewed the capture in the LCD screen, I couldn't believe the explosion of lights. The photographer that was with me told me to clean the filter... but there were just a couple of dust specks there, nothing else. This was obviously just the result of some optical phenomenon.

In #1, on the other hand, I did try to capture flare and moved around until I saw enough of it through the viewfinder. What I never expected was that burst of greenish "beams", I found that very cool.

[Angelo]

what are you shooting?

[invisible]

what are you shooting? Nikon D300 with Tokina 11-16mm (and a B+W F-Pro UV filter).