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MYSTRY IMAGE OF ME AND THE BACKGROUND

Post by Brian Obbo » Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:47 pm

Mystry Image of Me of Webcam
Background , there is aray of light with two red like discs yet on me another red spot that overwhelemed me ,I couldnt't figure out where on earth that red spot on my Tshirt where it was coming from.. .


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Re: MYSTRY IMAGE OF ME AND THE BACKGROUND

Post by Chris Peterson » Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:10 pm

Brian Obbo wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:47 pm Mystry Image of Me of Webcam
Background , there is aray of light with two red like discs yet on me another red spot that overwhelemed me ,I couldnt't figure out where on earth that red spot on my Tshirt where it was coming from.. .


https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vjWoj ... uw6e_tS2qp
It's a reflection of the Sun off of one of the lens surfaces. It's called lens flare. The rays are scatter off of lens surfaces.
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Post by Brian Obbo » Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:39 pm

Thanks for clarification Sir.
But what of that red spot on myTshirt??..I gues it is the same reflection.
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Post by Chris Peterson » Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:55 pm

Brian Obbo wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:39 pm Thanks for clarification Sir.
But what of that red spot on myTshirt??..I gues it is the same reflection.
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It's an internal reflection off a flat (or nearly flat) surface, so it's basically an image of the Sun. The large flares are reflected off of curved surfaces, so they are defocused images of the Sun. Even simple lenses like those found in phone cameras have several elements, each with a pair of surfaces. Fancier camera lenses can have a dozen or more surfaces capable of producing internal reflections.
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Re: MYSTRY IMAGE OF ME AND THE BACKGROUND

Post by neufer » Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:19 pm


Chris Peterson wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:55 pm
Brian Obbo wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:39 pm
But what of that red spot on myTshirt??..I gues it is the same reflection.
It's an internal reflection off a flat (or nearly flat) surface, so it's basically an image of the Sun.
  • How can a "flat (or nearly flat) surface"
    generate a small nearby image of the Sun :?:
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Post by Chris Peterson » Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:26 pm

neufer wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:19 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:55 pm
Brian Obbo wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:39 pm
But what of that red spot on myTshirt??..I gues it is the same reflection.
It's an internal reflection off a flat (or nearly flat) surface, so it's basically an image of the Sun.
  • How can a "flat (or nearly flat) surface"
    generate a small nearby image of the Sun :?:
By reflecting it off an image plane. I've most often seen this happen when a reflection off the sensor cover glass is reflected back onto the sensor by a flat lens surface above it. Of course, the details of this imaging system are not known, so other possibilities exist, as well.
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