New here and new{ish} to photography

HI

I joined this dpreview community just yesterday in the hope I can learn more about photography and get to chat with like minded people, or at least find interesting and helpful information I can use.

I do have a question concerning the two photos I have uploaded into my gallery. Please view those photos to see what I'm asking about.

Both photos were taken with one other photo in between them. Unfortunately I've deleted the photo between them as it was either too dark or not in focus, I don't remember sorry. I did take other shots before and after these two shots, and all other shots seem fine, so its even more confusing for me to see line type shapes in the background of these two photos. It was breezy while I took these photos yesterday, so could the lines in these two photos be caused by leaves or branches moving in the wind? I have not seen anything like this before {I look at many professional shots online) and hoping its not a technical issue as my camera is still only about 7 months old.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking y'all in advance

Sean1957

Welcome!

(For this kind of stuff it's easier to add the photos to your post rather than us having to click around to get to your gallery.)

What this looks like to me is some long thin grass in the foreground that is very much out of focus.

You are probably right in assuming that the lines were caused by the wind. They even resemble wawes in a pond. I don't think it's a problem with your gear, just a coincidence.

When you haven't seen it in professional's pictures, it's most likely because professionals would cull pictures showing that phenomenon before letting them out in public, not because it never happens.

What camera were you using! and did you use mechanical or electronic shutter? I would think an electronic shutter would be more susceptible to this, but that's just a guess.

You can embed pictures in you post by pressing the icon with two mountains or (or maybe they're houses) second from right at the top of the edit window.

Welcome to DPR, good luck and good light.

iljitsch said:

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What this looks like to me is some long thin grass in the foreground that is very much out of focus.

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Agree, didn't think of that.

I too agree and wondered if it was an electronic shutter effect on a moving grass stem.

If you are just starting out please, please, please get a good, real, paper book.

Books are written to be systematic and comprehensive and (importantly) the author is chosen for knowledge and clarity AND the result is edited. You can work through at your own pace and in the logical order. Nothing on the www is that good.

A lot of the answers on here are simply wrong. I know, I write some of them!

Where are the pics?

Ohw, OK. I found them... - But I lost interest :-|

Anyway, I think Klaus is probably right, and, er... - you probably don't look at as many "pro pictures" as you may think.

Solution is to take lots more shots and get to know you camera.

Please posted your sample here directly rather than through the gallery. Because phone (mobile view) cannot access gallery on Mobile View.

Have you found similar wired happening on other shots (on other location, shooting with different angle or other object)? If not, 99% that just because you were at the places and at the time that the lighting through the branches in background accidentally produced such result.