In article .com,
Savageduck wrote:

Is there an easy way to stop this light scatter ghosting in all my
photos & videos of engine valves.

It looks to me as though your problem lies with the shop light.

be advised who the poster actually is.

I thought that it might be our pal from the hills above San Jose, but the
question seemed to be benign enough to respond.

the first part is correct, the second is debatable. any attempt to
teach him lighting technique will turn into the usual idiocy.

This did not appear to be an OS troll.

but yet a troll nonetheless.