Brisbane Daily Photo : Messing Around with Night Time Light

Thursday, October 6, 2011

aaron said...: Nice! Did you use a filter to get that effect on the street lights?; October 6, 2011 at 8:59 AM
cara said...: no! actually I didn't really know what I did. It was the first shot out of the camera and I still had all my daytime settings on it (apart from the shutter speed); October 6, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Gemma Wiseman said...: Stunning coours and a dramatic sense of light on the move!; October 6, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Ann said...: You (or the camera) slowed the shutter speed to get the light trails and the starburst effect on the light.; October 6, 2011 at 2:59 PM
cara said...: I just had a little look on the internet and found this snippet incase you want to try some starbursts:

"What conditions are necessary for starbursts?
* Small aperture (high f-stop) – small aperture holes are harder to form into perfect circles with aperture blades. Circular apertures begin to take more polygonal shapes at f/8 and higher. Also, diffraction is accentuated by small aperture holes since a greater percentage of the passing light is affected by the diffraction edges.
* An intensely bright and stationary light in the field of view – the setting Sun, a Christmas tree light or a lamp post will do nicely. A flickering candle, however, will not produce a starburst since the movement of the flame will result in a blur."

Read more at
http://www.cameratechnica.com/2011/02/24/how-to-create-and-avoid-starburst-highlights/; October 7, 2011 at 12:43 PM