Is there such thing as film flare?

[Graeme Hird]

Chris,

Have you absolutely ruled out your scanner in this? Are the artifacts on the film under a microscope?

The reason I ask is that I have found a similar effect when the exposure through the scanner is too high and the sensor "bleeds" the highlights into the shadows.

Cheers,Graeme

[Keith Laban]

Chris,

I often see this effect, particularly when shooting the tree canopy in woodland. Tiny areas of what are inevitably grossly over exposed sky 'bleeding' into the surrounding leaves and branches. I'm afraid this is inevitable; thank God for Photoshop ;-)

[Keith Laban]

I omitted to add that I see this on the original transparency, not just the scan.