Thanks for such the quick reply! So if I am reading correctly, it all has to do with the position of the sun and the aperture correct? Does it have anything to do with the type of lens being used??
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Any lens, really. Depending on the shape and # of the blades in the lens, you'll have different # of points on the star.
Any lens, really. Depending on the shape and # of the blades in the lens, you'll have different # of points on the star.
So in order to make the shot work for the middle of a kiss it would need to be around sunset when the sun is lower to position the edge correctly right?
thanks again for your help! I just wish the sun was out today! ... my luck:cry
So in order to make the shot work for the middle of a kiss it would need to be around sunset when the sun is lower to position the edge correctly right?
thanks again for your help! I just wish the sun was out today! ... my luck:cry
This might be a dumb question but this effect workds by putting the sun on the edge of an object how do you do multiple effects at once? How do you "edge" all the lights?
This might be a dumb question but this effect workds by putting the sun on the edge of an object how do you do multiple effects at once? How do you "edge" all the lights?
No such thing as a dumb question! I don't have any idea either. I certainly didn't need to in that shot, unless tree branches and window borders had something to do with it.
With enough light, and a small enough aperture, you should always get these stars from a bright light source. As far as I know, the technical term is diffraction spikes. They're caused by light acting as a wave and interfering with itself when moving around irregular shaped obstacles in the optical path, like the edges of our aperture blades, or the struts in reflecting telescopes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_spike (cool picture in that article!). You need the small aperture for a couple reasons, #1 so that the blades get a bit irregular, and #2 so that diffraction effects are magnified.
I'd say this calls, like everything else in photography, for some experimentation! Thanks to weather I'm afraid I don't expect to see the sun again for a while though :cry, so you'll have to do the testing...
You can buy flters that are a series of crossed lines in the filter that create these diffraction grating type shots as well. The you do not have to stop down so far either.
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So in order to make the shot work for the middle of a kiss it would need to be around sunset when the sun is lower to position the edge correctly right?
thanks again for your help! I just wish the sun was out today! ... my luck:cry
Any relatively bright light source will do
This might be a dumb question but this effect workds by putting the sun on the edge of an object how do you do multiple effects at once? How do you "edge" all the lights?
With enough light, and a small enough aperture, you should always get these stars from a bright light source. As far as I know, the technical term is diffraction spikes. They're caused by light acting as a wave and interfering with itself when moving around irregular shaped obstacles in the optical path, like the edges of our aperture blades, or the struts in reflecting telescopes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_spike (cool picture in that article!). You need the small aperture for a couple reasons, #1 so that the blades get a bit irregular, and #2 so that diffraction effects are magnified.
I'd say this calls, like everything else in photography, for some experimentation! Thanks to weather I'm afraid I don't expect to see the sun again for a while though :cry, so you'll have to do the testing...
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Hiking on a late fall day in Middleburg, VA. Saw the sun poking through the trees and I thought I'd give it a try: