One of our favorite ornaments... push the button and he says "The force is with you young Skywalker...... but you are not a Jedi yet." A bit hard to tell, but his light saber glows, too.
One of our favorite ornaments... push the button and he says "The force is with you young Skywalker...... but you are not a Jedi yet." A bit hard to tell, but his light saber glows, too.
Hmm... But if it has six-blades, then the opening is always hexagonal, so why does the size matter?
Someday, I'm going to have a camera that has a minimum aperture lower than f8... :cry
The aperture should be round fully open, because the blades aren't cutting into it. It then changes shape toward a hexagon (in this case) with smaller apertures depending on the shape of the blades.
The reason we see stars (pun intended ) is diffraction. Each corner in the aperture causes two spikes. However, in apertures with odd numbered blades two spikes overlap and we see 2n-1 spiked stars. For even numbers of blades all spikes overlap with one other spike and we get n spiked stars, n being the number of blades. That's how Nikolai counted your blades
Edit: Also, diffraction effects increase with smaller apertures - hence the f/22 test.
Wow, is it still Xmas somewhere?
Nice shot, but just a reminder - pictures should be taken fresh, i.e. AFTER you have learned after the assignment. No archives! :nono
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here is my entry:
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One of our favorite ornaments... push the button and he says "The force is with you young Skywalker...... but you are not a Jedi yet." A bit hard to tell, but his light saber glows, too.
OK, here goes.....starting with this post, and working to catch up on 61 previous assignments.
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nice entry!
A few of a friend's house:
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Looks like somebody was having fun with HDR (or Shadow/Highlights dialog) ;-)
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My lights are lot less Christmasy-looking, but I like them anyway ;-)
For some reason I got obsessed with this particular detail of my living room today... I took 75 pictures of the damn things!
Also, can anyone explain to me why an f8 aperture made my lights star-shaped?
As to the star - you should try f/22, they will be much more pronounced.
Hint: you camera's diaphragm has 6 blades..
Someday, I'm going to have a camera that has a minimum aperture lower than f8... :cry
The aperture should be round fully open, because the blades aren't cutting into it. It then changes shape toward a hexagon (in this case) with smaller apertures depending on the shape of the blades.
The reason we see stars (pun intended
Edit: Also, diffraction effects increase with smaller apertures - hence the f/22 test.
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"If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event...what kind of film would you use?" - Anonymous
BTW, Weronika, that's how 7-blade diaphragm star looks like
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Nice shot,