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last 4th of July

A little fire and ice, from the opening ceremonies of the BP World Ice Art Championship 2013

Towards the end of the night during the Oshkosh Fly-in, they set up portable floodlights at airshow center. If you position the aircraft between you and the lights, you can get some neat effects.

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Way cool! Lighting is everything in the end, isn't it?

That and dumb luck. I'm a hack.

Messing around in Dresden with my Canon SD870. Pretty sure it's a 15 second exposure on a lackluster tripod.

who can tell me whats going wrong in this picture?

In reply to DirtyBird222:

All the visible body panels on the Z4 are damage-free. It's normal to see a 911 pointing counter-race.

loving the night shots... dirtybird... what lens are you using to get the awesome starbursts, or is that a starburst filter?

here is my submission for the day.

was taken back in nov 2010 on a morning walk around Bergen Norway... pentak k10d with the kit 18-55 @ 18mm, 1/15s, f/8, ISO400

More growth in the front yard

In reply to donalson:

Thanks! I think I was using the D60 stock 18-55mm lens with a polarizing filter. I thought it was awesome I got the starburst effect using that filter.

Not the best picture but from a drive on Christmas morning last year...tons of fun! Taken with an iphone.

It seems unlikely that the polarizer created the starbursts - in my experience, the aperture is the more likely source. At anything smaller than wide open, the less-that-perfect-circle of the aperture blades often causes that starburst effect as light passes through.

It's not as pronounced here (I couldn't quickly find a better example that I had online already), but you can see the same effect around the direct light source of the reflection off the headlight. The ten rays in the burst correspond to the ten-bladed aperture in the Nikkor Q.C. 135/3.5 with which I took this shot.

ran when parked

Sunrise at Sebring. Nikon Coolpix 5700

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Advocates Close, Edinburgh Scotland, Summer 2006.

Sony Cyber Shot DSC-P52 point & shoot, unknown settings, likely automatic.

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02Pilot wrote: It seems unlikely that the polarizer created the starbursts - in my experience, the aperture is the more likely source. At anything smaller than wide open, the less-that-perfect-circle of the aperture blades often causes that starburst effect as light passes through... I just know some filters will do it also, but a quick look and he shot at f/22 and I seem to recall that its nikon lenses that tend to have the proper number... still an kewl shot :)

sounds right... and how many tips it has is based on how many pieces the aperture ring is made of along with the shape

another one I thought was neat

shot with pentax k10d with the kit 18-55 @ 18mm, 30s, f/4, ISO100

great shot stig... how long was the exposure?... tripoded?... I never seem to have my tripod when i'm near running water :(

Thanks!

1/10 exposure, F/18, ISO100. Again with the Rebel XSI / EFS 55-250 (all I have)

No tripod, don't own one, but seem to recall there was a railing or something I used to steady it.