@roger said:

@Olishea, no I don't think the lens flare is impossible. You don't know what lights are behind the camera. Maybe I have an open bulb to create some fill light or perhaps I am catching a light off of one of the ceiling fixtures. While not precisely positioned, something similar is quite possible.

In the old days(really old as in the age of the big bang), decrepit folks like myself would paint these into a render on chrome bumpers and gold teeth etc. We industrial designers called them farkles as in fake sparkles. They are designer bling. Mies Van der Rohe stated that "Less is more!", but sometimes more is more fun.

And they do serve a function of underlining the chrominess of the chrome. In real life we rely so much on constantly changing views to tell us what some thing is. In a flat still image we need to manage every aspect of the image for the viewer to fully understand what is being presented.

As Adam Savage says on the program Mythbusters, "I reject your reality and substitute my own." ☀ 😄 😄 😉 😆

Good morning Roger,

Well said !

Cheers.

inasia