Multiple Lens Flares in Panorama Photos

[Mick West]

I took a short vacation to Carnelian Bay on Lake Tahoe. This was the view:

It's a panorama photo, and I thought it was interesting what happened with the lens flare:

It seems like in stitching the image, when the flare was close to the sun, it appeared multiple times.

A more zoomed-in panorama shows the stitching regions as the exposure changes.

The next day the weather was a bit different, but I got even more dramatic results.

And this odd one, which is clearly a sensor reflection, as you can see the pixels.

I'm posting these are references as something like the three reflections is sure to come up as a UFO in the next few years, if it hasn't already

 

[FatPhil]

Nice ones!

"Can we have the original photos, please?"
"You have it"
"That's a panorama, a composite stitched together from many separate images - can we have those images please?"
"The camera only gave me the one"
"OK, then you don't have access to the originals, the camera threw them away. However, do you agree that a composite stitched together from many images could show the same artefact multiple times, and would not be evidence of multiple things in frame?"
"..." let's see.

Of course, stretched or squashed dogs are better demonstrations of how panorama photos can distort reality:

 

[Mendel]

When the camera axis moves, the lens flare moves. The panorama is a combination of several pictures along several axes, and thus can show more than one flare image of the same object.

 

[JMartJr]

Thanks for posting. I'd been seeing similar images of "multiple Suns!!!" supporting the idea that "they" are or have been replacing the Sun with a fake Sun because of nefariousness. I have been thinking they are all or mostly taken through multi-pane windows with the reflections happening there. Now I have something new to watch for...

 

[Ann K]

Of course, stretched or squashed dogs are better demonstrations of how panorama photos can distort reality:

I think every panoramic photo of a large group of children has a few who run behind the others to the far end to be included twice.

 

[RTM]

Is it just a panoramic photo issue? I remember regular photos from my iphone, with HDR turned on, giving funny outputs like the above. But I haven't seen it in a while. Although I did get this photo of the moon/death start shooting a laser. I think it was caused by shaking while the camera was trying to adjust/focus.

 

[FatPhil]

Is it just a panoramic photo issue? I remember regular photos from my iphone, with HDR turned on, giving funny outputs like the above. But I haven't seen it in a while. Although I did get this photo of the moon/death start shooting a laser. I think it was caused by shaking while the camera was trying to adjust/focus.

Isn't HDR implemented using exposure bracketing - i.e. stitching together multiple photos? That's how it used to be done manually before it was done in-camera.

 

[RTM]

Isn't HDR implemented using exposure bracketing - i.e. stitching together multiple photos? That's how it used to be done manually before it was done in-camera.

I'm not sure about the technical side. I remember seeing those squashed together and opaque/ghostly type effects about ten years ago, the only thing I noticed about them was that HDR was always on and the subject was moving. I could very well be wrong on the issue being HDR, also I haven't seen it in a while, which may indicate it could have been an older technology issue. That photo above of the dog reminded me of it.