Starbursts at narrow apertures (your fave lens)

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I've recently been doing a lot of f/18 - f/25 shooting at twilight and loving the starbursts off my Sigma 10-20. My 70-200 f/2.8 has equally distinct 'bursts albeit far less attractive IMO. Starbusrts off my other glass - 24-60 f/2.8 don't even register, it just plain sucks but the bokeh makes up for it.

Sigma 10-20


Sigma 24-60 f/2.8
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Sigma 70-200 f/2.8
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So, what are your fave lenses for this effect? Please post example pics so we can share the joy. Remember to post lens details alongside your pic :)
 
oooold pic, Can't really see at this size, but click through for larger (though they're still kinda small)... surprisingly nice, this is the nikon D40 kit lens, 18-55...

 
Sigma 10-20mm looks worse than terrible, sorry. Your 70-200mm f/2.8 looks very good though.

Now from my lenses it must be Tokina 12-24mm f/4 ATX Pro. 9 Bladed aperture does create its magic. And this is definitely not the best example out there, but it shows what it can do (f/10)
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Canon 24-70mm is rather poor in this respect, sunstars are rather small with too little rays. I haven't actually tested others for sunstars yet.

However 9 blade rule seems to be rather general.
 
You can get filters to do that. If you must... :D
 
i like the effect too, i shot this with my fuji s9500 bridge before i got my d3000, not as dramatic as yours but i like it :)

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shame about the flair from the uv filter i forgot to take off lol doh

heres another from the same night

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hey ANDWHYNOT - what is that you have been waving about in front of the lens in your first pic then?

Didn't know you were musical too.:) It looks like some music script (I am not musical either!)

I have to agree wiht others, I prefer the cleaner stars from the longer lens, but enjoy the perspective of a wider lens. Haven't had cause to do twilight shots recently, so can't comment on how lenses perform, but you have inspired me to go and find out!
 
daugirdas said:
Sigma 10-20mm looks worse than terrible, sorry.
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You're presumably apologising because you're wrong :p

Maybe it goes with the territory but the distinctive starbursts are up there with field of view and, to a lesser extent, barrel distortion as reasons to love the 10-20 - amongst 10-20 users. I find it useful not to have to exclude streetlights/ other light sources which would otherwise be featureless blobs of light in urban landscapes.

HoppyUK said:
You can get filters to do that. If you must... :D
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DizMatt said:
if your glass isn't doing this on it's own, how about a starburst filter?
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Yeah, but it's not 1988 anymore...
 
Tokina 11-16.

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Sigma 24-70

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daugirdas said:
See what other people think about sigma sunstars (you may have to read carefully):

http://jeffbeard.org/2009/07/sigma-10-20mm-f4-56-wide-angle-lens/
http://www.vantagepointimages.com/-/vantagepointimages/article.asp?ID=3810
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-wide-zooms/comparison-optics.htm
and many more...
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Interesting reading (I only read the ones you posted and haven't searched for more). My original retort to you was tongue in cheek as I recognise the subjectivity involved. I also referred to the form of the starbursts as popular amongst those who own/ use the lens [as a primary UWA] rather than those reviewing it and privileged with a choice.

daugirdas said:
BertRoot: Tokina 11-16 is absolutely lovely.
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There's more blades in the starburst but at the size posted it sure looks like each one suffers from the same splitting and fade that made the 10-20 so unpopular amongst the reviewers.
 
I got this one from the canon 50mm f/1.8

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I havnt tried my newer lenses yet on long exposures to create the effect, I remember my dad used to have a filter to do this.
 
All mine were around F/8 or F/9 so could do to up it a few stops but the resulting increase in exposure time means I have to hang around longer in the Bronx.
 
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