what is this? - DPChallenge Forums

01/23/2005 03:20:46 PM · #1

just got a foot of snow...blue sky...time to take pictures...

in this shot

i was trying to capture the rays of the sun...but i also got of of this stuff...

are these scratches on my lense?
...i dont see any scratches...

little bit of help please

01/23/2005 03:22:48 PM · #2

Is it not ice crystals blowing off the nearby trees?

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

01/23/2005 03:24:52 PM · #3

i guess that would explain why they seem to be in motion...

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

01/23/2005 03:25:17 PM · #4

Looks like ice crystals to me too!

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/23/2005 03:26:23 PM · #5

sigh of relief...now i can tout it as fabulous art work.

thank you both

deapee

Kodak V803

01/23/2005 03:26:37 PM · #6

looks like you sneezed on your lens and then tried to dry it off with your shirt hehe

01/23/2005 03:28:48 PM · #7

Originally posted by deapee:

looks like you sneezed on your lens and then tried to dry it off with your shirt hehe

i wonder what that would actually look like...(foreshadowing my next post..."how the hell do i get this off?")

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

01/23/2005 03:36:02 PM · #8

I think the real question is, What's THIS!?

Formerlee

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

01/23/2005 03:38:14 PM · #9

Originally posted by KaDi:

I think the real question is, What's THIS!?

Formerlee

It's the tip of an aeroplane wing!!

Hahaha!

Steve

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/23/2005 03:38:16 PM · #10

Originally posted by KaDi:

I think the real question is, What's THIS!?

aliens...duh!

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

01/23/2005 03:39:33 PM · #11

Things on the lense do not photograph as lines unless you are shooting above f256. You just can't get infinity and what is on your lens in focus at the same time. If you have vague blurry areas in the finshed shots, suspect lens scratches, clear lines are part of the subject.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

01/23/2005 03:44:16 PM · #12

Originally posted by Formerlee:

Originally posted by KaDi:
I think the real question is, What's THIS!?

Formerlee

It's the tip of an aeroplane wing!!

Hahaha!

Steve

And here I went thinking it was an expressive farmer--never know where that there mow-darn art will show up!

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

01/23/2005 03:51:19 PM · #13

Took this in 95, I think...using a Ricoh P&S with zoom...which I still have!

It is the Juliet Formation in Wiltshire, UK. One of the most complex formations to date.

Does that help? :))

Steve