poor mans multi point star filter effect
Quick Photography Tips:
Quick photography tips for those who don’t like reading or just don’t have the time!
#3 How to use your camera settings to get a multi point star filter effect
If you’re a photographer who likes multi point star effects, but don’t
want to lay out the cash for a filter, you can get a similar effect by
setting your camera’s F-stop from anywhere between f/11 and f/22,
depending on the circumstances.
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Posted in Quick Tips by Tanya Puntti at November 14th, 2009.
Good to know. Sometimes I’ve accidentally managed to get this star effect, but wasn’t sure why. I just went back through my photo’s meta data and now see that the F-stop was quite high on all of the ones showing the star effect. Thanks again. Now I can do it intentionally!