I must apologise for leaving Mat to his own devices for the
past few days; I've been snowed under with work!! I had a free afternoon today
so I decided to mess around with the filters again. There’s been torrential
rain all day, so I was confined to whatever I could find around my house.
I used a +1 and a +2 close up filter in conjunction with an
8-point starburst filter. Using these close up filters meant I could get a lot
closer to the top of the lamp (whilst standing on a chair…!) without struggling
to focus. The 8-point starburst filter adds more mystery around the lamp,
instead of using a 4-point filter, which would give the conventional cross
effect.
I boosted the contrast and increased the sharpness to make
the starburst effect more prominent. I did this on the camera before taking the
shot, so I didn’t need to do any editing afterwards. I wasn’t sure how much use
the filters would be, but I thought they’d be good as a bit of fun. I’m quite
impressed at some of the shots that I have got with them!
Bex
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