• Yosmonkol@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      Thats specular lens flare (ghosting), it looks like multiple little dots here, instead of a larger dot, since the light is partially blocked by tree branches. A lens hood and repositioning the camera are the only ways to prevent these.

      • Multiplexer
        4·
        8 days ago

        Maybe OP is from Ireland, in which case it is most probably just a fairy.

    • ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      I think it must be a speck of something on my lens. There’s a similar artifact on another photo I have from around the same time, in about the same light.

      • Multiplexer
        1·
        8 days ago

        So basically camera fingerprinting…
        Better don’t use the camera while committing crimes! ;-)

        • gerryflap@feddit.nl
          1·
          7 days ago

          Honestly just looks like normal lens flare where the sun is blocked by a tree branch. The flare is lens-dependent, but it’s also dependent on conditions. I doubt one could reliably fingerprint someone based on lens flare unless OP is like one of a few people using this lens