UFO ORBS or Lens Flares? MD, US

Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:10 pm » by **Nickelson**

On the first picture I would say lens flares, considering the lights on the ground surrounding the mansion, but the other sure are a bit strange.

Maybe Lowsix can reveal some of his experience on this one?

Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:00 pm » by **Germanpils**

I looked at all the photos.

the light poles spread the same blue color (beautiful color imo) glow as
the light orbs in the sky do, so i guess it is some kind of camera bug or light effect.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:02 pm » by **Germanpils**

Also look at that "well" on the right, under its roof its the same effect.

i think this photo may be edited, so all light sources that spread light spread the same color,
and what we see in the sky are stars, white light, the light poles and that well, all spread white/yellowish light, and the highlighted spots on the photos were edited with the color

Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:24 pm » by **Remote7**

Looks like Lens flares to me ...similar to this

Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:25 pm » by **Germanpils**

remote7 wrote:Looks like Lens flares to me ...similar to this

good job

i also noticed all those weird things in the sky on slushs pics
pointed right into the middle of the camera lens

Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:28 pm » by **Shadowkhas**

The orbs have similar patterns to the lights, just inverted...a UV filter or other filter on the lens could exacerbate the effect. Zooming in/out physically changes the geometry of the lens, and would account for different apparent shapes.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:05 pm » by **Nickelson**

remote7 wrote:Looks like Lens flares to me ...similar to this

Well I must say I really like this picture and indeed I think you are right on this one.

Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:12 pm » by **Nervousnjerky**

shadowkhas wrote:The orbs have similar patterns to the lights, just inverted...a UV filter or other filter on the lens could exacerbate the effect. Zooming in/out physically changes the geometry of the lens, and would account for different apparent shapes.

Exactly. They are reflections between the optics and filters.

Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:29 pm » by **Drdil**

Hi all,

I was just browsing and noticed this thread and as already suggested they are in my humble opinion undoubtedly & 100% the result of lens flare. I wrote a little about this yesterday with my reasoning being:

Due to the obvious correlation between the two sets of lights (ground & sky) and the fact that all of the lines I added intersect at a fixed point leaves me in no doubt whatsoever that what we are looking at is lens flare caused by the fixed lighting which is located at the bottom of the image/s.

When multiple lens flares are present such as in these images the shape and size of them depends both the nature of the light source and the camera which is used (curvature of the lens & type of aperture used). And as above both the light source and the flare are generally located on a line that crosses the centre of the photograph (between the light source and corresponding flare) as well as being located an equal distance on either side of the centre (where multiple guide- lines intersect).

(Source).

(More information and images at above link).

Hope this helps…..

Cheers.

Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:43 pm » by **nm156**

This is why it is important to note all light pollution, I have seen things where no light pollution exits.