Lens flare

From Encyclopedia Dramatica

Everything shitty in this world can be improved upon; but the main dilemma here is that improvement takes time and effort. Sometimes things are so goddamn awful that you could waste your life trying, and still get no results. For those who have lost hope, there is a gleaming light at the end of the dark tunnel: The Lens flare

Yes, whether it be videogames, comics, poetry, books, people, places, goths, furries or even Nathanr, lens flares can make ANYTHING instantly awesome.

1 Origins
2 Technical Jibberjabber
3 Lens Flare Gallery
4 See Also

[edit] Origins

All matter in space is comprised of lens flare

An exquisite, fresh take on Goatse made possible entirely by LENS FLARE

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be lensflare: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And you basically know the rest

Up until the beginning of the nineties, the sacred lensflare belonged only to the gods. In 1997 the software company Adobe released Photoshop 1.0, which like a modern Prometheus, stole the lensflare from the gods. From this day forth, lensflares became as important as fire, water, and electricity to modern civilization.

Modern filmmakers have come to employ the lensflare in current cinematographic ventures, including Michael Bay's Lens Flare Party.

[edit] Technical Jibberjabber

When you take a picture with your camera, the shutter will open just long enough to suck in sufficient light for a decently exposed picture. However, when you take a picture that includes a bright light source such as camera flash or the Sun, light from that source will bounce off of the film or sensor, back to the lens, then back to the sensor again, over and over until the light gets diffuse or escapes back out through the lens. The appearance of the flare depends on the angle and position of attack, intensity, and size of the light source.

Stars in our galaxy tend to be round, and they usually don't have 4 sharp points protruding from them. That's just flare created when light bounces off telescope reflector support rods.

All other lens flare is created by Photoshop.

[edit] Lens Flare Gallery

The intriguing 35 millimeter prime lens flare	The fantastic 105mm millimeter prime lens flare	The outstanding Movie prime lens flare	Raep can be improved by lens flare
Even Daikatana can be made better by lens flare	Same goes for Fursecution Fox	Drawing focus to the breasts, Fox can be made watchable using lens flare	Terrible "art" can be improved!
Gay cats find lensflare just FAAABULOUS!	Final Fantasy Tactics attained its cult status & "Greatest Hits" re-release thanks to lens flare.	Suggesting suicide by knife, lens flare helps thin out the emo population.	ALLAH AKBAR!!
No art is complete without a Lens flare!	Thanks to Lens Flare, artwork doesn't have to suck so bad anymore.	The power of Lens flare is in your hands.	Lens Flare Rainbow!
A little Flare goes a long way.	Makes cosplay more convincing.	Even scat movies can be made good with lens flare!	The classic 50 to 100 millimeter zoom lens flare
moar!	MOAR!	MOAAAARRRR!!