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Help me identify this lens flare action/overlay!


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stephc84

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I am a huge fan of this photographer and over the years these same lens flares are in her work. I know they are not natural because they are the same in several photographs. I would love to know where I can find these!

You can see them here, in the header image but also if you scroll down to the blog entry, the first image has a nice clear example.

http://www.michellelmorris.com/blog/adams-family/

Thanks so much in advance!

-Stephanie
 
Interesting....I was shocked at so many flat pics.....I noticed a "peace"symbol as flare in the first shot and some circles...hard edged in another. I suspect she has used a soft layer filled with circular images and messed with levels or curves to "attain" that flare.

This whole thing isn't working for ME.....but if she can live off of it, she knows more than I.
 
Thanks for responding Mike!

She is actually one of the most highly rated photographers in my area. I am one of those people who love the blown out sun flares, I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea :) I am interested in what you mean by her pictures being "flat"?
I also appreciate your knowledge that those aren't natural light flares. In other forums I have had people insist that those are from shooting into direct sun. I do that from time to time and have never had that kind of result.
 
I don't see the peace sign 'flare' as Mike suggests, but it is entirely possible given the angle of the sun in relation to the subject that those are natural flares. The flares would seem similar from one photo to the next especially if she's going without a lens hood, and shooting in manual using the same lens and aperture in the photos.

Not saying hers most definitely 'are' real, just saying it's very doable. Just my .02
 
I don't have an edit button yet, so here goes a double post. I think Mike may mean 'flat' in terms of her photos having very muted colors as opposed to being bright and vibrant with colors that really 'pop'.
 
I can't tell. "Real" flare can be highly variable depending on the angle, aperture, which lens she is using, FL setting for a zoom lens, etc.

In addition, it's so easy to modify both "real" and synthetic flare that without looking carefully at a large number of her images, it would be really difficult to say if most of hers is real, modified real, or fully synthetic.

Just my $0.02,

Tom M
 
Perhaps you should go to the source.......... contact her
oops link only brings you back there but there is a contact link lower right of images
 
stephc84 said:
Thanks for responding Mike!

She is actually one of the most highly rated photographers in my area. I am one of those people who love the blown out sun flares, I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea :) I am interested in what you mean by her pictures being "flat"?
I also appreciate your knowledge that those aren't natural light flares. In other forums I have had people insist that those are from shooting into direct sun. I do that from time to time and have never had that kind of result.
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let me see.... The "flatness" is the lack of rich blacks...I know the "flare" takes a lot of the blacks and they get soft / washed out...And as I love the "zone" system with all the tones and richness...I need BLACK...thats ME.
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As far as the flare being natural or not, Hard to say... although flare rarely has distinct edges.. and its in most shots that takes one talented shooter to get flare... I always tried not to.

I like Toms answer....and i'Dads....try a note to the shooter!
 
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