I took this at sunset today. In amongst some good shots, this one turns up looking like Martians have landed - the green area halfway up the hillside. Any ideas what it is? Using a Nikon D5000 with the standard Nikkor 18-55.
are you using a UV filter on your photos? it can be caused by dust or water on the filter or sometimes just by the filter itself, if this is the case next time try cleaning the filter or just take it off .
my guess, after looking at it in a larger size, is that it's the reflection of clouds in the sky. There might have been a smudge on your lens that you didn't know about which caught it?
I have no idea. But it doesn't look like it's on the ground in the bigger sizes. I do think it's neat though!
My guess is the sun is slightly breaking through and lighting up the green grass,
that is if there is any green grass. Or maybe it is a field of Kriptonite :) superman better stay away
From the rings and slight curvature of the light, it looks like a lens reflection. Especially with strong light sources (sun) coming in to your lens, some light may start getting bounced around a bit weird because of all the different glass elements. You can get lens flare from that, but also strange light effects like these where a reflections bounces away weird and gives a strange colored spot on your photo. Personally, I think it looks pretty :-)
@joannapayne As someone else mentioned, it is from the UV filter. If it isn't a multi-coated filter, this can happen. I have some Tiffen and other cheap UV filters and they do this with bright light sources in frame, and always green for me. Take off the filter to remove it, or I've read that higher end UV filters don't have it. Like $30 and higher filters.
@eyebrows I did put the actual URL in there: the first time I copied and pasted from the 'share' window in Flickr and the second time I copied and pasted the URL from my browser. @sheg@leahfu@sdpace@rrt@raymond@5unflow3r Thanks for the comments. I've looked back at some of the other shots I deleted before I noticed it and will upload the others to my Flickr site shortly. They show the martians landing on different bits of the mountain. There's an island just off this coast that is weird - sometimes it looks near, sometimes far, sometimes big sometimes tiny and it often seems to be in a different place from normal. All the locals laugh about it but now I think the Martians must be using it as a base. LOL @mallocarray Thanks for advice. I'll think about upgrading when I have some dosh.
@joannapayne I just keep in mind that if there is bright light sources, such as exposed light bulbs or the sun, and if I care enough about the picture, then I take off the filter. Otherwise, I just know what I'm getting myself into.
I think it looks great Joanna. You arnt the only one with 'different' photos. I took some in the afternoon on 14 Jan 2012 that have blue circles/spots in the clouds. Its not dirt on the lens - the spots are in 3 different positions. Not a filter - I dont own one. Looks to me like the blue part of the spectrum of light from the sun is being reflected from ice crystals in one cloud onto another cloud. Sorry I have no idea what might have caused your green spots but here are some links I found last night that people might like, they have awesome weather photos: http://morfis.wordpress.com/category/science/http://morfis.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/most-unusual-weather-phenomena/#more-5778
@mallocarray Thanks for the advice. @suebarni Wow, that second link brings up some AMAZING things. As a Geography graduate (about a million years ago) I was particularly interested Seriously awesome, thanks.
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I have no idea. But it doesn't look like it's on the ground in the bigger sizes. I do think it's neat though!
that is if there is any green grass. Or maybe it is a field of Kriptonite :) superman better stay away
@sheg @leahfu @sdpace @rrt @raymond @5unflow3r Thanks for the comments. I've looked back at some of the other shots I deleted before I noticed it and will upload the others to my Flickr site shortly. They show the martians landing on different bits of the mountain. There's an island just off this coast that is weird - sometimes it looks near, sometimes far, sometimes big sometimes tiny and it often seems to be in a different place from normal. All the locals laugh about it but now I think the Martians must be using it as a base. LOL
@mallocarray Thanks for advice. I'll think about upgrading when I have some dosh.
@suebarni Wow, that second link brings up some AMAZING things. As a Geography graduate (about a million years ago) I was particularly interested Seriously awesome, thanks.
@eryck !! Nice one.