Comments on: The Barge by night http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/2009/11/01/the-barge-by-night/ A regularly-updated blog of a photographer in Dublin, Ireland Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: margaretha toerien http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/2009/11/01/the-barge-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-116 margaretha toerien Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:25:41 +0000 http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/?p=2097#comment-116 Ronan, an absolutely BEAUTIFUL photograph! i am a b&w addict... and this photo is just gorgeous! i am green with envy! Ronan, an absolutely BEAUTIFUL photograph! i am a b&w addict… and this photo is just gorgeous! i am green with envy!

]]> By: Ronan Palliser http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/2009/11/01/the-barge-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Ronan Palliser Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:25:29 +0000 http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/?p=2097#comment-115 Hi Graeme... welcome to the blog! Yeah it's probably not the clearest statement in the world but what I mean is exactly what you thought - that by using a small aperture, any pin point light sources will become starbursts in the final image due to the shape of the aperture when it is closed down. Had I used a wider aperture (e.g. f/5.6 or f/8) the light sources would have been softer and appeared a bit larger in the final image. Hi Graeme… welcome to the blog! Yeah it’s probably not the clearest statement in the world but what I mean is exactly what you thought – that by using a small aperture, any pin point light sources will become starbursts in the final image due to the shape of the aperture when it is closed down. Had I used a wider aperture (e.g. f/5.6 or f/8) the light sources would have been softer and appeared a bit larger in the final image.

]]> By: Graeme http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/2009/11/01/the-barge-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Graeme Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:38:50 +0000 http://www.ronanpalliser.ie/blog/?p=2097#comment-114 Relative newcomer to your blog. I'm enjoying it a lot :-) I suppose it is diffraction through the small aperture that's responsible for the "starbursts" round the bright lights, so I'm intrigued to know what you mean by: "trying to keep the light sources in the frame as small as possible, by using a small aperture"? Relative newcomer to your blog. I’m enjoying it a lot :-)

I suppose it is diffraction through the small aperture that’s responsible for the “starbursts” round the bright lights, so I’m intrigued to know what you mean by:
“trying to keep the light sources in the frame as small as possible, by using a small aperture”?

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