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Old 12-22-2007, 01:35 PM   #454
Jayems
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Originally Posted by jar_e View Post
With the "star" like effect? Suprisingly...nothing. I believe that it was produced via the plastic cover over the light and that's how the light is reflected out...creating a nice, symmetrical, star-like pattern. Nothing was used (ie. filters, photoshop) in that regards. The shutter was opened for 5-30 seconds (I forget which one I used for that shot) and it produced it very nicely.
Its caused by light diffracting at the edge of the aperture blades. So basically, you'd open the aperture wide open to reduce the affect
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