The Evening Star

I really wish I knew what I did to get the sun to do that...... but quite frankly |I haven't a clue.

Bugger!

[Caroline]

Oh how cool!!! On top of an awesome scenery... Beautiful.

[Lindy]

Gorgeous

[PhylM-S]

Beautiful! There's a technique, we did back when we used film, which I don't remember, but, dare I say?... google sunburst ... I have gotten it a f e w times but it's been a happyaccedint

[Merrelyn]

Looks fabulous, what a shame that you don't know how you did it.

[DbJ]

Hi Billy, it's an effect from the lens aperture. The smaller the aperture will cause a "starburst" effect around bright lights. In this case with the sun, and an aperture of f/20, you can clearly see the star shape from the light coming through the very narrow aperture and bending a bit at the corners of the aperture leaves (or whatever the little pieces of metal would be called). Often seen in night shots, I've not seen one of the sun to be honest...quite cool!

[DbJ]

P.S. Careful if looking through viewfinder on shots like this, hopefully you used live view? Looking through viewfinder you can potentially fry your cornea :/

[Sebastian Gritt]

Yeah, Billy, but what a wonderful composition & capture it's turned out to be. Lovely. Fav.

[Graham Thresher]

Looks a beautiful sunset. Fav

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[Dyan Stevens]

Neat effect - whatever you did! Beautiful shot.

[Louise]

Very cool!

[Kate Goring]

Beautiful shot.

[Rosie Kerr]

No one is in control... it is just an illusion. Ride the wave and enjoy the light . Lovely shot

[grace55]

To a follower of the White Eagle teachings, the focus on the six pointed star is pretty key to meditation.
You have done really well to get this impressive Sun shot.. I love the image FAV.