picture comment with my 40d

ok i took this pic and had one other show up same thing but more. can anyone explain to me whats that spot on the right side? i have a UV(0) lense filter on the 17-85mm. i dont know what caused that in the picture. what about the other picture itself?

http://www.flickr.com …/14424669@N02/1​526592417/

simple flare. Shooting into intense direct light causes it. Lens hoods help reduce it but can not eliminate it

Lens flare. Take off the filter and use a hood. That will help a lot. It will also help to make sure your lens is totally clean and that you avoid having the sun in the frame as much as possible.

But a hood won't do any good when the sun is actually in the frame, as in this shot.

-js

dmwphoto wrote in post #4096531
simple flare. Shooting into intense direct light causes it. Lens hoods help reduce it but can not eliminate it

number six wrote in post #4096584
But a hood won't do any good when the sun is actually in the frame, as in this shot.

-js

Lens hoods can't do a thing for it when you're shooting into the light, as six said, but definitely can help when the light falls across the lens. In this case, a lens hood would have had little to no impact.

Mark

thanx guys for you help im in the process of trying to get one. what about the pic itself too any comments?

It's nice, but the rail/fence sorta dominates. Perhaps a wider lens and a closer position (in traffic?) might have helped.

You really have two options if you wish to fix the image... You could crop a little tighter to remove that section, or you could use the clone brush to paint the image on the left over it.

Nice picture btw