Post Your Muench Stars Here!

philiphutsonphiliphutson Registered Users Posts: 235 Major grins
edited December 1, 2009 in Landscapes
I learned something on the workshop :D
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Making 'Muench Stars' (copyright Marc Muench used without permission :D)
-Philip
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-Willy Wonka
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2007
    I changed the thread title thumb.gif

    Post 'em up, everyone!

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  • Fred WFred W Registered Users Posts: 453 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2007
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2007
    I'm a newbie photographer (just beyond the 'take pix at family gatherings' use of camera) so can you tell me what a Muench star is exactly? ne_nau.gif
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2007
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,268 moderator
    edited June 20, 2007
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited June 20, 2007
    Here's a few I've gotten since learning the ropes from Marc...

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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2007
    These are amazing!
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    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

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  • philiphutsonphiliphutson Registered Users Posts: 235 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
    Patti wrote:
    I'm a newbie photographer (just beyond the 'take pix at family gatherings' use of camera) so can you tell me what a Muench star is exactly? ne_nau.gif

    Its part inside joke part technique. Muench star is the star affect that is in every one of the pics posted in this thread. The inside joke part is that Marc taught us on the workshop how to do it and Andy called it a Muench star (I'm guessing that he started calling that from previous shootings with Marc). The affect is achieved by framing the sun so that it partly covered by an edge and then cranking down the apreature to some where around f/22 that will give it those star points. On my shot the sun is just in the split of two branches with the sun being cut off on both sides by a branch. Its pretty easy once you learn to do it. I actually posted my shot because I couldn't decide if I liked the shot because of the composition or simply because of the gimick. A gimick doesn't make a picture but since I took it I'm to close to the subject (emotionaly) to decide which it is.
    -Philip
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    -Willy Wonka
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
    Just after the shoot out last year.
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    Not really a pure Marc type shot, but it's close enough for me.
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  • W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
    Like this?
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
    philiphutson wrote:
    Its part inside joke part technique. Muench star is the star affect that is in every one of the pics posted in this thread. The inside joke part is that Marc taught us on the workshop how to do it and Andy called it a Muench star (I'm guessing that he started calling that from previous shootings with Marc). The affect is achieved by framing the sun so that it partly covered by an edge and then cranking down the apreature to some where around f/22 that will give it those star points. On my shot the sun is just in the split of two branches with the sun being cut off on both sides by a branch. Its pretty easy once you learn to do it. I actually posted my shot because I couldn't decide if I liked the shot because of the composition or simply because of the gimick. A gimick doesn't make a picture but since I took it I'm to close to the subject (emotionaly) to decide which it is.
    -Philip

    Thanks for the explanation. They are terrific!
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
    Do you get special points if you line the sun rays up with lines in the foreground? mwink.gif

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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
    I rolleyes1.gif'd at the title of this thread. There have been some great shots from everyone so far.

    I've been hitting the sunburst button every time I've got my camera out these days. Thanks Marc (and Andy)!

    Of course, the weather where I am is not all that great for clear sun in the summer. So you have to improvise when you see it. These are from last week-ish:

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    Otherwise, I've been cheating a bit and creating them at night. It's much easier (in that I don't need to half-blind myself looking into the sun) but I didn't know before that you can create the same effect by changing up your lens settings a bit. Rooftopping last night:

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    And other cityscapes when I was breaking in my new BH-40 and L bracket on Monday: :D
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  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
    Well, if you're going to cheat, so am I. :)


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  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited June 21, 2007
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    Monument Valley, AZ

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  • W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2007
    Sunrise, Wellington New Zealand, this morning

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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    My try
    I gave it a try... I had to rotate the shot to upload to file size specs of 800x1200 otherwise the shot was distorted. How do you get around that with attachments here?
    As you can see, I'm a real novice with photography beyond point & shoot at family events etc.
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

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  • philiphutsonphiliphutson Registered Users Posts: 235 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    Patti wrote:
    I gave it a try... I had to rotate the shot to upload to file size specs of 800x1200 otherwise the shot was distorted. How do you get around that with attachments here?
    As you can see, I'm a real novice with photography beyond point & shoot at family events etc.

    I don't upload to the site (I just include from my website) but my guess would be that the size limitations are 1200 on the longest size whether its 1200x800 or 800x1200.

    Pretty good I would just cover more of the sun so the sun is rounder and not as much blown out. But there is some nice points on the sun.
    -Philip
    If you want to see paradise simply look around and see it.
    -Willy Wonka
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    I finally got a Muench Star!
    I finally got one on a photo day trip with a local photo shop. This one was taken at Rock Glen near Lake Huron.


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    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

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  • CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    From the Bryce/Zion trip last May...

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  • TerrenceTerrence Registered Users Posts: 477 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
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  • pilotdavepilotdave Registered Users Posts: 785 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
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  • philiphutsonphiliphutson Registered Users Posts: 235 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2007
    Patti wrote:
    I finally got one on a photo day trip with a local photo shop. This one was taken at Rock Glen near Lake Huron.


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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2007
    Here's one I like. The hard thing with these is to have an interesting image with a sun star, not just an image that is interesting because it has a sun star.

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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2007
    I have a bunch of these-

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    Some even with people mwink.gif
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  • LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2007
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    Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. At full resolution this shot has maybe 50 stars between the lights and the sun in the windows.
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  • dmmattixdmmattix Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2007
    Now this one I really like
    LiquidAir wrote:
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    Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. At full resolution this shot has maybe 50 stars between the lights and the sun in the windows.

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  • CavalierPhotoCavalierPhoto Registered Users Posts: 233 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2007
    Muench star with halos
    I got one of those on a trip to Montana last year. Didn't know they had a nick name :D .

    And if you look close enough you can see my wife walking down the road.

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  • stuffjunkiestuffjunkie Registered Users Posts: 156 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2007
    Color is really starting to appear here in Northern Illinois. I went for a walk yesterday evening and saw an oportunity to try this technique. i dropped my tripod and came home with this:

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    The colors were brighter on my monitor. looks like some calibration is needed...
  • scottVscottV Registered Users Posts: 354 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2007
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    needs a little straightening
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