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Thread: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

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    What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    We were visiting family and my wife wanted a photo of the church where her parents had gotten married.
    Strange white anomaly on the roof. Any ideas?

    Here's the high res image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/145354...posted-public/
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails church flare.jpg   centerville church005 LR.jpg  

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    Dust on the negative?

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    Aliens!

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    A half moon??

    Is there a grade?
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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    Cute church! That looks like an apparition to me... specifically a white dove.

    Had you not been shooting stills you'd really know that's what it is!

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    This occurred in order to give you practice in spotting prints.
    Peter Collins

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    Where is that church?

    Looks like dust.
    Keith Pitman

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Pitman View Post
    Where is that church?

    Looks like dust.
    It's in Centerville SD (southeast corner of the state.)

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    pressure from a fingernail stressing the film? hmmm...looks too small. Maybe I'll go with aliens...

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    Re: What caused this "half moon dot" in the attached photo?

    Does it show on the negative or just the print?

    Maybe something in this thread can help
    http://www.largeformatphotography.in...pots-on-prints

    or this one
    https://www.photography-forums.com/t...egative.91344/

    If it's on the negative, then it's either a stray light source or something interfering with the film development and leaving a dark spot. i doubt it's a light source since it's clearly defined with sharp edges as you point out and a bellows pinhole would be likely be larger and more diffuse. I guess you could always get a defective film negative but that what are the odds of that?

    I see on the Flickr site, you're using the new SP-445 tank - any chance something might have been touching against the negative and preventing the chemistry from working?

    Regards
    Dave

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