Cecile Marion Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I saw in the images sold in November thread that geogphotos and spacecadet had sold two very nice images, each containing lens flare. Congratulations to you both for your sales. I have questions about uploading photos with lens flare. I’ve tossed a few images in past months because of flare. It never crossed my mind to upload them. I assumed they wouldn’t pass QC. I’m wondering if a lot of photographers upload photos of this type. If they’re otherwise pleasing, technically acceptable images, but have lens flare, would you recommend uploading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Cecile Marion said: I saw in the images sold in November thread that geogphotos and spacecadet had sold two very nice images, each containing lens flare. Congratulations to you both for your sales. I have questions about uploading photos with lens flare. I’ve tossed a few images in past months because of flare. It never crossed my mind to upload them. I assumed they wouldn’t pass QC. I’m wondering if a lot of photographers upload photos of this type. If they’re otherwise pleasing, technically acceptable images, but have lens flare, would you recommend uploading? Yes. Sometimes it adds interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 yep also uploading lens flares, and also add lens flare to the keywords, some clients seem to be searching for this. searching for lens flare reveals more than 80.000 pictures on Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 1 hour ago, hdh said: yep also uploading lens flares, and also add lens flare to the keywords, some clients seem to be searching for this. searching for lens flare reveals more than 80.000 pictures on Alamy. Thanks for the tip. With optics like mine I'd be down quite a few if I rejected for flare. Since I get quite a bit of it I'm making a feature of it now, trilby or no trilby. I have an EVF so I know exactly what it's going to look like. It's not a QC consideration unless it veils the whole image and gives the impression of softness, but you're likely to toss an image that bad anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt Ashmore Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Yes, I have uploaded a few images with lens flare in the past. It's worth noting that lens flare isn't mentioned as one of the failure reasons in the QC guidelines: http://www.alamy.com/contributors/alamy-how-to-pass-qc.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecile Marion Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Very interesting points! Thanks for the feedback. You have all given me plenty to consider. In the future, I’ll make sure to take a closer look at photos with lens flare before tossing them out, or maybe uploading. I had one from a shoot just yesterday that’s worth another look, I think. I haven’t had a QC fail since I joined Alamy in January, and tend to take advice I’ve learned here very literally. If I’ve had any reservations about a photo in the past, no matter how much I’ve liked the picture, It’s gone into the bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecile Marion Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Yes, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cooper Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 There's a great documentary on cinematography called Visions Of Light. There's a segment on Cool Hand Luke in the film and they were discussing a shot where the sun was flaring into the lens - obviously a creative decision. It was interesting to note that they mentioned that back in the 50s, if there was flare in the shot, they would have repositioned the camera to avoid it. How times change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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