How can i take clear photos outside?

Heya,
I have this digital camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS since almost three years. Recently whenever i take pictures outside i get these bubbles n my photos. see these links:
http://img844.imagesha​ck.us/img844/3191/capt​ureew.png
http://img215.imagesha​ck.us/img215/795/captu​sre.png
Please tell me how can i fix this. I always use automatic settings

Think its dry rain spot, try cleaning your lens?

It's lens flare, which shows up frequently when there are point sources of intense light in the frame. In this case, the street lights. You can experiment by taking several shots from slightly different angles in the hope you can minimise it.

It also appears when shooting into the sun in daylight. Here's a thread with many examples of flare, the pictures taken in the most challenging circumstances.
https://photography-on-the.net …43780&highlight​=sun+flare

clean things up and stop pointing it at lights and it should improve. try daytime photos.

I was going to say, it looks awfully dirty.

If you're using Automatic Settings, and the flash is firing, it's firing light into dust particles in the air.

I've never seen that before. There's dust all around us so every picture ever shot with a flash would look like this. I think either his lens is dirty or the sensor is dirty. Check the lens first. Clean BOTH sides of it and test it out again with the same settings.

CameraMan wrote in post #12772737
I was going to say, it looks awfully dirty.

+1. Looks like a dirty lens. Take a micro-fiber cloth to it and see if there are any changes/improvements.

CameraMan wrote in post #12772759
Clean BOTH sides of it

I don't think you can clean the backside of the lens...It's a P&S.

Oh, sorry, missed that it was a Powershot. Now I'm certain it's dust on the lens. My SD1200 gets that all of the time. It's more frequent by me because I lice off a dirt road. EVERYTHING gets dusty here!

TheAnt wrote in post #12772742
If you're using Automatic Settings, and the flash is firing, it's firing light into dust particles in the air.

This. Although this will occur if you are using Auto or Manual and firing the flash.

I'm going to go with the flash bouncing light off airborne dust. It's a bigger problem with a P&S since the flash is so close to the lens you're more likely to get the light reflected directly off the dust back into the lens and thus to the sensor.

Jon wrote in post #12773555
I'm going to go with the flash bouncing light off airborne dust. It's a bigger problem with a P&S since the flash is so close to the lens you're more likely to get the light reflected directly off the dust back into the lens and thus to the sensor.

That's what it looks like to me too, though it seems more like rain than dust. No matter what the problem is, my first advice to OP: don't bother using flash at night unless you're shooting something within 15-20 feet of you!

+1 for dust or rain, it's not something on the lens

Hans

Dont use flash