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Saturday, December 13, 2014

Bonus

I'm still shooting with these legacy Takumar lenses and as well as lovely colors and amazing detail and sharpness, they have another additional quality I haven't gotten around to exploiting yet. When there are bright points of light against a dark background these lenses turn them into wonderful star shapes as in this photo of the sun reflected on the water. This is particularly attractive with night shots of city lights - something I plan to do soon (or as soon as it warms up a bit!) Of course, this characteristic is not limited to Takumar lenses. There are other lenses that do this but there are many lenses that do not and it is an effect I like very much.

4 comments:

JoJo said...

That's a beautiful effect; sometimes I can get it too when I shoot the water.

William Kendall said...

A lovely shot!

Dean Lewis said...

The star effect on highlights can also be achieved with the use of a star-filter threaded onto the lens, a neutral glass, imbedded with a fine wire grid.

Stephanie said...

Oh wow! This is so different to see in an image. I love it!