*The "star" effect is due to the blades of my aperture. Anytime your aperture is closed down, bright lights (like the sun here) will appear like this. The more extreme your closure, the more extreme the effect. The points vary based on how many blades comprise your aperture. An even number gives you that many points (i.e. 6 blades equals 6 points), but an uneven number gives you twice the number (i.e. 7 blades (as in this example) yields 14 points). :)
Unreal clarity...I prefer the composition (esp the position of the sun) of this shot over the colour equivalent, but the B&W can't beat those rich colours of the other one!
@julieco Thanks Julie! The "star" is the sun, but it has those points because my aperture is closed pretty small; and when you do that, bright lights appear with points on them :)
@sailingmusic I think it's totally worth doing; I just put my photos on the site, advertise a little bit on Facebook, and leave it alone :) I sell work every now and then, maybe a few a month, and would probably get a lot more if I were to be more aggressive in advertising it.
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