I was using this camera to photograph geese and I was getting some flashing around their necks. How do I prevent this?

Hi Gail,

When you say flashing, what do you mean exactly? Does the image have a sort of flare around the geese's necks? What color is it?

Some cameras have issues with a defect called chromatic aberration, which often results in a purple fringe around high-contrast regions of a photo (like, say, the extremely white necks of geese against a darker background). This sort of thing is a defect in the lens itself and there isn't a whole lot that you, as a user can do about it.

If your problem is different, though, it could be something entirely within your control. If you can give me a little more info, I can try to help you further. Thanks!

You can remove 'flashing' that occurs as a result of chromatic aberration by doing a clean-up with photo software. Not an ideal solution, but many photo software programs can remove it quite cleanly and you still wind up with a great photo. As Ben said, it sometimes can't be avoided. But it can be cleaned up later.

Also, if you have a camera with manual controls you can stop down a bit- using f/8 or f/11 (and adjusting the shutter accordingly) can help reduce flashing and fringing.

The geese have black necks and the "flashing" was a bright white flare around the neck. I was taking photos on a gray day, so the pond looked dark.

Would a lens help to remove this problem?

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Thanks.

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