Questions tagged [artifacts]
Elements of a photograph that are generally undesirable or have a negative impact. Examples include noise, flare, dead or hot pixels, sensor "spots", reflections inside the camera/lens system, etc.
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How can I fix scanner artifacts from Brother DS-640?
I've been scanning a lot of documents using a Brother DS-640 and it has started showing odd pixelation artifacts. (See below.) Is it time for a new scanner or is this something I can fix?
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Pixel 6 Pro Very Strange Artifacts
This is my friends old photo, and many are convinced that this is a ghost, hehe, but you can clearly see curved bars that make up the image. I've spent way too long trying to find the answer, can any ...
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Grey circles in the background in photos
All my photos contain grey circles which is especially noticable on light background (e.g. sky). I don't know what is the name of this specific artefact and what is connected to (lens? camera?). So ...
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What are these striped artifacts in these photos?
I was at a concert and some of the pictures I took had these blue and red or black stripe artifacts, is there a name for these? Would I be able to make a similar or same effect if I desired or are ...
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Bokeh includes seemingly random fractions of a circle
While going through some pictures I noticed strange artifacts in the out-of-focus sunlight reflected on the surface of a lake. Most of the reflections appear as a full circle, but I marked the ...
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Phenomenon where a repeating pattern on a photo is colorized in alternating stripes [duplicate]
What is the name of the phenomenon where a repeating pattern on a photo is colorized in alternating stripes, like this?
In addition, does leading software like Photoshop and Lightroom have ...
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What causes this corner artifact on developed photos?
I am digitizing some old photos via a flatbed scanner and couldn't help but notice a very common artifact that appears in the corner of many of them.
The photo is extended by a small rectangle which ...
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Weird colour artifacts with Sony a7 III. What's the cause and how can I fix it?
I took some photos with my a7 iii and a Tamron 28-75 lens yesterday and one of the subjects was wearing a shirt made with pink and white fibers. I'm seeing some weird artifacts in the colors that I've ...
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What kind of artifacts am I looking at and how can I differentiate between those and stars
I like this picture of the Pacific Ocean, taken from the ISS.
It seems as if I can see stars in the background, but similar dots are visible in the ocean. I presume some kind of artifacts? What am I ...
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What is causing these horizontal lines on developed photos (35mm)?
I recently started using my friend's mom's old Canon 35mm film camera. I was a bit annoyed when having the film developed by a lab, and copied to standard photo paper - there is a single horizontal ...
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What is causing the "bright spot" artifact in my picture?
Why is there an artifact in top edge of my picture?
Camera: GH4
Lens: 20mm Lumix G 1.7
Shutter speed: 15 sec
ISO 100
f/16
Is this something in my sensor? There are two black dots visible under the ...
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Detect Google "stylized" photo?
Google on Pixel phone stylizes some photos. Selection of photos to stylize is arbitrary (happens to some photos when you upload, no user selection to trigger) and what exactly happens in stylizing is ...
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What is this golden streak artifact in this photo?
This was taken at 1/500sec, iso64, f/2.8, 122mm focal length. Nikon D850, 70-200mm lens.
At first I thought it was her hair, but it seems to be very reflective and moving very fast:
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It even ...
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Why am I getting occasional cloud-like artifacts on my 4x5 film shots?
Not always, just from time to time, I'm discovering these cloud-like artifacts on my 4x5 film shots. They are present on the film itself; it's not scanning artifacts. Artifacts can be present on ...
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plug n play camera compatible with a projector
I am working on a project where I have a projector and a camera working together. The camera will record what a person does in front of a projector. Ideally the camera would also record what the ...