Photography

[d2]

The stars are usually a result of stopping a zoom lens down to it's limits- f20/f22 range. Imagine squinting your eyes at night and all of the bright lights starburst. My photo was shot wide open which is why the lights look a little soft.

Here is another wide open shot-

[Danhor7]

Aaah that makes sense. I thought I had the iris wide open for that shot. I think it was about a 3 second exposure.

[d2]

Starburst can happen during the day as well when using a tele-zoom and stopping down. My 80-200 f2.8 will do it anytime I stop down to f18/20/22 if there is any hint of sunlight.

[Longneck]

This thread makes me want to take some pictures. Very cool you guys and gals. Keep them coming.

[outamyway]

jeff, you're the man!

*blush*

[Danhor7]

I just downloaded a Trial HDR tone mapping program and dropped in 3 bracketed photos and here is what I got.




Here is the untouched middle exposure picture

[TMFD]

call me when this hits the NSFW section.

[d2]

Nice shot Dan! I personally prefer the middle shot to the HDR, but that's why is called art

[Danhor7]

Nice shot Dan! I personally prefer the middle shot to the HDR, but that's why is called art

Thanks! I agree. I just couldn't get the HDR pic to look very good and gave up after abut 20 minutes of messing around with it.

[d2]

Here's one I shot last night while talking to Chico- SOOC with only a little cropping and level adjustments