W/NW the beauty of lens flare

[Pete B]

Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim 22mm

000010 by Pete, on Flickr

Pentax MX, Helios 44 58mm f2, Superia 200

untitled-000038 by Mr Chombee, on Flickr

I've posted these two a few times. The flare is one of the reasons I find it difficult to sell my 35/2 Mk4, but I think it's going to go now that I have the 35/1.4 preasph. From Yellowstone:

137 by Mr Chombee, on Flickr

090.0 by Pete, on Flickr

Pete

 

[kuuan]

evening by Andreas, on Flickr, 'Zebra' Auto Takumar 1.8/55, Ricoh GXR M

 

[__jc]

I never quite understood why people immediately dismissed pictures because of lens flare (or because of grain for that matter) because it can sometimes add a whole lot to the feeling or atmosphere of a picture (as the photos in this thread well attest).

Hyde Park, London, 1980
Canon FD 100mm f2.8 SC, kodachrome 64

 

[kuuan]

thank's Jonny for your assessment and your good photo! I was a bit scared of the reception this thread with it's title will have, but I believe that our, all samples successfully prove your, our point


Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr, 'Pen-F' Zuiko 3.5/20, Ricoh GXR M

 

[kuuan]

Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr, CV Heliar 4.5/15, Ricoh GXR M

 

[rjbuzzclick]

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

evening by Andreas, on Flickr, 'Zebra' Auto Takumar 1.8/55, Ricoh GXR M

Smooooooth

 

[kuuan]

nearing 1000 views after one week of my initial post, I call it a success 🙂

Smooooooth

thank you 🙂 slowly it will start to become difficult to find more flare photos to show, but of cosmos flowers against the setting sun I'll have a few more


Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr, Takumar f2/58mm, NEX5n

 

[kiwibirch]

 

[btgc]

Untitled by mm35exp36, on Flickr

 

[tomtofa]

 

[kuuan]

boarding gate by Andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM 2/35, Ricoh GXR M

 

[__jc]

New Caledonia - 35mm Summicron, E100VS

 

[kuuan]

Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr, CV Snapshot Skopar 4/25, Ricoh GXR M

 

[lynnb]

Summar glow

 

[lynnb]

124G 80mm Yashinon f3.5

 

[kuuan]

Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr, Heliar 4.5/15, Sony NEX5n

 

[dasuess]

Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis
Nikon Df, 35mm/f2.0 Nikkor-O, processed in Lightroom

 

[Alfasud]

 

[Addy101]

Sony A900 | Minolta 17-35G | 17mm | f/10 | 1/800s | 160iso