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" ... and that the lens flare doesn't do enough to obscure the subject, all without realizing that this advance merely makes those things optional." The funny

" ... and that the lens flare doesn't do enough to obscure the subject, all without realizing that this advance merely makes those things optional." The funny thing is, lens flare is like tape hiss in audio recording; it's an artifact of a given capturing technology, not intrinsic to the thing being captured. On the one hand, it should just go away as recording technology improves, since you don't experience lens flare when you see something with your own eyes, yet, unlike tape hiss, it has become some sort of token indicator of "realism" (especially in CG movies). Some people will look at HDR video and complain that, like HDR still shots, it doesn't look real, as if something viewed through a recording intermediary could ever properly look real.

forgottenpaswrd 16y ago
You can experience lens flare in your eye because you have two lens in your eyes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare Close your eyes and only let a slight open aperture to your eyes, you will experience all kinds of interesting effects made by your eye lashes too. Totally real, like HDR(we see far more dynamic range than digital cameras, and have exponential, not linear sensors).
- jamesbritt 16y ago
  Interesting. I'm aware of visual distortion when squinting, but never thought about lens flare under typical eyeball conditions. Perhaps it's a phenomenon that the mind filters out, or is so obvious I never think about it. (Now I'll have to pay attention.) Do you think the traditional cinema lens flare mimics what the naked eye sees? I'd think not. A problem with pure CG movies is that they feel sterile. Producers add in visual distortions to make it feel real, but what they're adding is merely what's familiar (that is, the results of traditional lens and film that has become accepted as a stand-in for real), not what a naked eye might normally experience. But it's enough to make people feel more comfortable with what they're seeing.

forgottenpaswrd 16y ago

You can experience lens flare in your eye because you have two lens in your eyes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare Close your eyes and only let a slight open aperture to your eyes, you will experience all kinds of interesting effects made by your eye lashes too. Totally real, like HDR(we see far more dynamic range than digital cameras, and have exponential, not linear sensors).

jamesbritt 16y ago
Interesting. I'm aware of visual distortion when squinting, but never thought about lens flare under typical eyeball conditions. Perhaps it's a phenomenon that the mind filters out, or is so obvious I never think about it. (Now I'll have to pay attention.) Do you think the traditional cinema lens flare mimics what the naked eye sees? I'd think not. A problem with pure CG movies is that they feel sterile. Producers add in visual distortions to make it feel real, but what they're adding is merely what's familiar (that is, the results of traditional lens and film that has become accepted as a stand-in for real), not what a naked eye might normally experience. But it's enough to make people feel more comfortable with what they're seeing.