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Lens flares: Nearing the annoyance of film burns

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mvf
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I love a good lens flare as much as the next guy, but they're starting to get very used in some of the recent edits I've been seeing.

Its not as bad as the film burns, though. Those were all just shit done in post, whereas the flares are actually planned during shooting.

Nah mean, people?

Example (NO HATE, sick video but a good example of WAY too many lens flares for me):

Jan 22 2014 3:05AM
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buttrapinpirate
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I really love seeing the fake lens flares on girl's instagrams.

No I totally feel ya. It has become quite overdone in a lot of instances

Jan 22 2014 3:12AM
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Laurent.
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Maybe people have finally seen J.J. Abrams Star Trek.

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Jan 22 2014 6:17AM
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Superduploman
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Since dlsr's are getting cheaper and cheaper, people who haven't used a camera with an actual lens before are just realizing how easy it is to film lens flares, and tbh it is a pretty cool effect since you can pull it off without doing it in post. When I first got a dslr I loved filming lens flares and was tempted to do it more often simply because I could. People are just coming to that point by now. People will get tired of using it in their edits soon when they find out how annoying it can be when it's all over the place
Jan 22 2014 7:54AM
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steezysteeze
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That edit had too much slowmo for me. It was crazy how often the shot would just haphazardly drift to a light source.
Jan 22 2014 12:28PM
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gravel
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Whenever I end up with a flare it's usually unintentional, I don't know if it is this way for everyone, though.
Jan 23 2014 2:51PM
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