> > > One of the candles was casting a perfect reflection from
> > > the lens to between the two people. The 50 1.4 didn't do it,
> > > but the 77mm did.
> >
> > Are you referring to internal flare, William, or to a
> > reflection off the front of the lens back toward the subject?
> > (You did use the word "weird".) In any event, is this an SMC
> > shortcoming in the lens?
>
> Hi Fred. Have a look at my quick and dirty scan. The reflection
> is between their faces. This is not an internal flare. I suspect
> it is from the middle candle off the front of the lens and then
> to the subject. It is something I want to investigate further.
> Umm, I also must check to see if the SMC filter is the culprit.
> I had forgotten I had a Skylight filter on the lens when I
> posted originally.
> http://www.accesscomm.ca/users/wrobb/General/Linda_Gary.jpg
Thanks for the scan, Bill - now I can (literally) see what you mean.
My personal hunch is that it's indeed a reflection "off the front of the lens
and then to the subject", which is then reflected back by the inside surface
of the filter. (And, as you also likely suspect now, my hunch is that it
would not have appeared if you had left the filter off.)
The candle ghost is sort of "cutesy", I guess, but I personally find it a
little distracting. (However, your subjects might be just simply enthralled
by the apparition - <g>.)
Visually, the reflection would seem to be dimmer than the reflection off the
picture in the left upper background caused by the candle in the right
background. I guess the SMC treatment on the lens and filter were a ~lot~
more effective than the uncoated picture glass (<tongue in cheek>).
You said that "the 50 1.4 didn't do it, but the 77mm did" - did you have a
filter on the 50? (Or, is this a "Special Feature" of the 77 Limited?)
By the way, the photo is a nice picture of that couple, Bill - a good
composition, in my book.
Fred
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