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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

10/28/2006 01:03:34 PM · #1

Ok, just browsing the net and found this really cool pix of a pano.

Looking around the pano, I happen to notice what looks like a cloud.

Ok, it may be a cloud, but interestingly enough, it is the only saucer shaped cloud in a clear blue sky.

What do you think? Am I crazy? Drunk? Republican?

Look around the pano.

Kite Aerial Photography by Scott Haefner

cryingdragon

Canon EOS-10D

10/28/2006 01:07:14 PM · #2

I'm not thinking it's a cloud either. From my experience, limited as it may be, clouds don't reflect light like that.

Nobody

Pentax K-S2

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Pentax

10/28/2006 01:14:33 PM · #3

Scroll straight up - looks like a part of lens flare.

Man_Called_Horse

10/28/2006 01:22:12 PM · #4

Originally posted by Nobody:

Scroll straight up - looks like a part of lens flare.

Believe me when I say thay in my 20 + years in the film biz, I have never seen a lens flare like that.

Usually, a flare is dappled, sharp, and bright like you see above the sun in this pix.

It is never flat, oblong, and soft. Plus, the object is dark below, and bright on top. Lens flares don't do that either.

wavelength

Nikon D300

10/28/2006 01:37:59 PM · #5

Originally posted by American_Horse:

Originally posted by Nobody:
Scroll straight up - looks like a part of lens flare.

Believe me when I say thay in my 20 + years in the film biz, I have never seen a lens flare like that.

Usually, a flare is dappled, sharp, and bright like you see above the sun in this pix.

It is never flat, oblong, and soft. Plus, the object is dark below, and bright on top. Lens flares don't do that either.

Considering the the photo is a stithed 360 pano, I think it's probably safe to say that the spot is not necessarily unedited, and the person probably took the picture not facing the sun, but at about 75degrees from center, which can make lens flare weird on a fisheye like that. If it was a Peleng, it has problems with internal stray light anyways.

I imagine that if the dude was there, he might have mentioned seeing a large floating disk hovering in the sky like that.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/28/2006 01:44:42 PM · #6

Ghosting or reflections of the sun in the lens itself as a result of shooting straight into the sun. It is also directly opposite the lens flare at the top of the sun. I have seen it before in some explanation about optical effects.

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

10/28/2006 01:54:46 PM · #7

Why do people deny the obvious - Of course it's a UFO :-))

10/28/2006 01:58:44 PM · #8

Originally posted by robs:

Why do people deny the obvious - Of course it's a UFO :-))

Tonight after half a bottle of rum I will agree with you. It is just one big conspiracy.

Jason_Cross

Nikon D50

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/28/2006 02:49:50 PM · #9

I think that the aliens only come down on Sunday to watch thier favorite football player Terrell Owens from the planet x-9er.

Balko

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

10/28/2006 02:56:58 PM · #10

Yup, they told me the same thing.

Originally posted by boomtap:

I think that the aliens only come down on Sunday to watch thier favorite football player Terrell Owens from the planet x-9er.

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

10/28/2006 02:59:18 PM · #11

What's really strange is the "no parking" signs. It appears it was meant to be viewed from above... :P

wavelength

Nikon D300

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

10/28/2006 03:29:18 PM · #12

Originally posted by Azrifel:

I still say at a large icidence, because the flare can be seen in the pic opposite of the sun/orb thingy too, though the picture is probably a stich of 3 or more fisheye shots.

I just want to know who the hell is insane enough to put their camera on a kite??

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

10/28/2006 03:33:24 PM · #13

Originally posted by wavelength:

I just want to know who the hell is insane enough to put their camera on a kite??

Here's another site on using kites. I think using small remote-controlled planes and helicopters as camera mounts is getting more popular as well.

wavelength

Nikon D300

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

10/28/2006 03:36:23 PM · #14

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by wavelength:
I just want to know who the hell is insane enough to put their camera on a kite??

Here's another site on using kites. I think using small remote-controlled planes and helicopters as camera mounts is getting more popular as well.

Dude, I'm SOOOOO putting my electricalengineer- remote-control-plane-flying brother to work.

elsapo

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

10/28/2006 03:54:24 PM · #15

but its in a couple of his other panos also...maybe its something in the camera...

Message edited by author 2006-10-28 15:56:10.

rox_rox

Canon EOS-20D

10/28/2006 05:21:20 PM · #16

Doesn't look like a UFO to me. Looks like a lenticular cloud.

You are right. It's in the same place under the sun in this shot, and this one too. It's got to be a camera thing.

Message edited by author 2006-10-28 17:34:03.

NoellaSue

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

10/28/2006 05:31:46 PM · #17

Isn't that a "lenticular" type cloud? I bet there's a small island directly under the cloud.

10/28/2006 06:11:51 PM · #18

Okay, it's past midnight here. Got some rum in me.

It is clearly an UFO. It's official now.

:)

sher

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

10/28/2006 06:35:36 PM · #19

of course it's a UFO! time to start wearing a tin-foil hat! :)

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

10/28/2006 06:38:06 PM · #20

Originally posted by sher9204:

of course it's a UFO! time to start wearing a tin-foil hat! :)

But only a tin foil hat right, all the other stuff is way to dangerous.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

10/28/2006 06:46:12 PM · #21

Originally posted by Azrifel:

Originally posted by sher9204:
of course it's a UFO! time to start wearing a tin-foil hat! :)

But only a tin foil hat right, all the other stuff is way to dangerous.

Maybe actual tin foil (if you could get it) would work, though a recent MIT study seems to suggest that an aluminum beanie will actually amplify any signals. However, there are also some sites which dispute the MIT results, so perhaps more large government grants will be necessary to find out (and supress) the ultimate truth of the matter ...

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

10/28/2006 06:48:01 PM · #22

I think we should all run around naked and pretend to be the monkeys that we really are.

rox_rox

Canon EOS-20D

10/28/2006 07:25:00 PM · #23

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Azrifel:

Originally posted by sher9204:
of course it's a UFO! time to start wearing a tin-foil hat! :)

But only a tin foil hat right, all the other stuff is way to dangerous.

Maybe actual tin foil (if you could get it) would work, though a recent MIT study seems to suggest that an aluminum beanie will actually amplify any signals. However, there are also some sites which dispute the MIT results, so perhaps more large government grants will be necessary to find out (and supress) the ultimate truth of the matter ...

Paul, your endless supply of interesting links never fails to intrigue me. Not only do I find the debunking site more informative and believable than the MIT study (not even the dummy appears to be taking it seriously); but I am disappointed that MIT failed to test my favorite...the tinfoil sombrero.

Man_Called_Horse