mircea nicolae
14-Jun-2013, 13:01
Hello,
I just developed two shots I made with my new 120 mm Nikkor SW.
The images show what I believe to be significant flaring.
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At first I thought there might have been something wrong with the chemicals during development.
Then I noticed how geometrically well-defined the image burning is in the first image and I concluded it has to be some sort of flare.
I was taking these two shots with the sun almost directly at my back, towards the right side.
Also, I was using wide angle bellows.
I read some posts on the forum talking about flare caused by having the sun behind you while using a large format lens.
Is this what happened to these images?
If so, what should I do to remove the flare?
I checked the bellows with a lamp in the dark, and they seem to be light tight.
Also, the whole setup seems to have no leaks whatsoever.
I was not using any sort of hood while taking the shots.
The second photo has a smaller amount of flare.
I guess this is because the back was shifted 6 cm to the left, decreasing the amount of exposure.
On the lower edge of the image there is no flare.
This might be caused by the fact that I was using some rise on these images, and the flare hit one of the inner frames of the back, causing some shadow.
Have any of you experienced something like this?
What did you do to remove the problem?
Thanks.
I just developed two shots I made with my new 120 mm Nikkor SW.
The images show what I believe to be significant flaring.
9705697057
At first I thought there might have been something wrong with the chemicals during development.
Then I noticed how geometrically well-defined the image burning is in the first image and I concluded it has to be some sort of flare.
I was taking these two shots with the sun almost directly at my back, towards the right side.
Also, I was using wide angle bellows.
I read some posts on the forum talking about flare caused by having the sun behind you while using a large format lens.
Is this what happened to these images?
If so, what should I do to remove the flare?
I checked the bellows with a lamp in the dark, and they seem to be light tight.
Also, the whole setup seems to have no leaks whatsoever.
I was not using any sort of hood while taking the shots.
The second photo has a smaller amount of flare.
I guess this is because the back was shifted 6 cm to the left, decreasing the amount of exposure.
On the lower edge of the image there is no flare.
This might be caused by the fact that I was using some rise on these images, and the flare hit one of the inner frames of the back, causing some shadow.
Have any of you experienced something like this?
What did you do to remove the problem?
Thanks.