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02/10/2006 09:27:15 PM · #1

Taken tonight with tripod and remote. Nothing in the way of me and the subject. No UV filter or any filter used. No editing except auto levels and resize. Tree slightly out of focus because of wind.

Looks weird to be a flair. So what do you think it is.
Camera Settings.
IMG_3157.CR2 converted to Tiff with RawShooter Essentials
02/10/2006 20:45:48
TV: 6
AV: 2.8
ISO: 100
Brightness: 0.00

Message edited by author 2006-02-11 01:26:57.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

02/10/2006 09:29:52 PM · #2

no doubt it's a reflection of something else in the frame...

invert it and move it around, my guess is the bottom of that pole by the light.

EDIT: YEP...

Here it is, selected, copied, reduced opacity, mode multiply...along with some coordinates...

Message edited by author 2006-02-10 21:43:21.

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

02/10/2006 09:30:38 PM · #3

Looks like Lens Flare from a light on a Blimp that is also lit internally???

Cam

Sony DSC-F717

02/10/2006 09:32:55 PM · #4

I think its aliens converging on you house to eat your brain.

Or a reflection, one or the other.

kari1

Panasonic DMC-FZ20

Panasonic DMW-LTZ10 1.5x Teleconverter

02/10/2006 09:34:33 PM · #5

Looks like a bug flew in shot.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

02/10/2006 09:46:42 PM · #6

It's a ghost image of the very bright light in the bottom of the frame.

02/10/2006 09:48:31 PM · #7

Originally posted by kirbic:

It's a ghost image of the very bright light in the bottom of the frame.

Good job...3 minutes and 20 seconds after I proved that.

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

02/10/2006 09:49:47 PM · #8

Originally posted by deapee:

Nice job explaining it. Thanks

Message edited by author 2006-02-11 01:27:12.

skewsme

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens

02/10/2006 09:52:58 PM · #9

I Want To Believe...

wheeledd

Panasonic LUMIX-DMC ZS100

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/10/2006 10:21:12 PM · #10

Hi,

Originally posted by southern_exposure:

Did you see something or did this just show up on the photo you took? It looks to me like it could have been an Iridium flare. There is a network of satellites that support the Iridium mobile phone service. These are phones that work anywhere--even in the middle of nowhere (like the middle of the Atlantic or the middle of the Sahara desert) where there are not any cell towers. The satellites have large solar panels that act like mirrors and reflect spots of sunlight down to the earth. From the earth, this looks like a very bright star-like light that appears suddenly, moves through the sky, and then disappears.

I saw one last Halloween. I was sitting on my front porch between visits of trick-or-treaters. I glanced up in the sky and noticed a bright star that I had not seen before. Then I noticed that it was moving, so it definitely was not a star. After just a few seconds, it faded out and was completely gone. Your image looks like it could have been an over-exposed, slightly out-of-focus image of this phenomenon.

There is a web site that has a lot of information about the Iridium flares and other visible satellites:

//www.heavens-above.com/

You can enter your location on this site and get predictions of when Iridium flares will be visible.

--Dan

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

02/10/2006 10:28:16 PM · #11

Originally posted by wheeledd:

Hi,

Originally posted by southern_exposure:
Taken tonight with tripod and remote. Nothing in the way of me and the subject. No UV filter or any filter used. No editing except auto levels and resize. Tree slightly out of focus because of wind.

Looks weird to be a flair. So what do you think it is.

Did you see something or did this just show up on the photo you took? It looks to me like it could have been an Iridium flare. There is a network of satellites that support the Iridium mobile phone service. These are phones that work anywhere--even in the middle of nowhere (like the middle of the Atlantic or the middle of the Sahara desert) where there are not any cell towers. The satellites have large solar panels that act like mirrors and reflect spots of sunlight down to the earth. From the earth, this looks like a very bright star-like light that appears suddenly, moves through the sky, and then disappears.

I saw one last Halloween. I was sitting on my front porch between visits of trick-or-treaters. I glanced up in the sky and noticed a bright star that I had not seen before. Then I noticed that it was moving, so it definitely was not a star. After just a few seconds, it faded out and was completely gone. Your image looks like it could have been an over-exposed, slightly out-of-focus image of this phenomenon.

There is a web site that has a lot of information about the Iridium flares and other visible satellites:

//www.heavens-above.com/

You can enter your location on this site and get predictions of when Iridium flares will be visible.

--Dan

LOL...did you read the rest of the thread?

AChelton

Nikon D70

02/10/2006 10:32:55 PM · #12

Um its obviously a ufo. Duuuhhh.. all us georgians know that ufos exist ;)

MrEd

Sony DSLR-A100

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Minolta

02/10/2006 10:45:56 PM · #13

Actually it looks similar to this

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

02/10/2006 10:48:51 PM · #14

Oh, I knew it was nothing like that. I just wanted to know what caused it.

Message edited by author 2006-02-11 01:27:52.

02/10/2006 10:54:20 PM · #15

Originally posted by southern_exposure:

Oh, I knew it was nothing like that. I just wanted to know what caused it.

At first, I thought it may have been a UFO...no lie. That's why I did the investigating that I did...I was actually quite sad when I measured the pixles and found them the same distance from the opposite corners of the sensor. :(

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

02/10/2006 10:59:52 PM · #16

Originally posted by deapee:

Originally posted by southern_exposure:
Oh, I knew it was nothing like that. I just wanted to know what caused it.

At first, I thought it may have been a UFO...no lie. That's why I did the investigating that I did...I was actually quite sad when I measured the pixles and found them the same distance from the opposite corners of the sensor. :(

I though it may have been an jet heading toward Atlanta International Airport because I'm about 100 miles south and in the flight path of a lot of aircraft. I can stand in my front yard and count at least a dozen jets heading north within a minute. And my shot was a 6 sec. shot. But the jets are at least 20,000 ft or more( I guess ).

Message edited by author 2006-02-11 01:28:03.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 (E-mount)

02/10/2006 11:00:53 PM · #17

That type of reflection is cause by a filter on the lens. If you are using a UV filter or something like that, it causes this issue when shooting into a light source in dark conditions... i have multiple examples of it...

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

02/10/2006 11:09:44 PM · #18

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

I had no filter on the lens other info f/2.8 - ISO 100 - 6 sec.

Message edited by author 2006-02-11 01:27:42.

Man_Called_Horse

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

02/10/2006 11:14:10 PM · #19

My God Southern Exposure.

Destroy the evidence,now!

Black Ops helicoptors are silently hovering above your house as we speak.

Get out while you can.

What you captured in the frame only the Government wants to keep secret.

God Bless and good luck.

Don't PM me, I don't know you.

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

02/10/2006 11:17:05 PM · #20

Originally posted by American_Horse:

LOL - I was wondering what that black car with dark tinted windows was doing across the street....:)

Message edited by author 2006-02-11 01:28:15.

wavelength

Nikon D300

02/10/2006 11:18:54 PM · #21

Originally posted by American_Horse:

Why would they use crude helicopters when they have UFO's and teleporters?

There is no escape. :OP

Man_Called_Horse

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

02/10/2006 11:23:53 PM · #22

Originally posted by wavelength:

[quote=American_Horse]

Why would they use crude helicopters when they have UFO's and teleporters?

There is no escape. :OP

It's all mind control, and I too am a victim!!

I don't know about you guys, but I am freaked out!!

I getting my bottle of Jack, and my shot gun, and if I see anything I can't hear, I'm shooting it out of the sky.

YEEEEEEE HAAAAAWWWWWWWW. Come on Gman and Alien, come to papa. HAAAHAAAhahahahahahhahahahahah.