MPC #111 Sunstars 9/23-10/14

[geomorph]

Sunstars are the bright rays of light emanating from a bright point of light such as the sun, street lights, bright reflections etc. shot through narrow aperture. A good starting point is f16, but they can be brought out with wider and might look better with narrower. The number of rays is determined by the number of blades in your lens. Even numbered blades will produce the same number of points, while odd numbered blades will produce 2x the points. Play around with different lenses, different apertures, and different sources of light. Don't go blind shooting at the sun though your viewfinder though, use live view or something.





RULES:
1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.
2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.
3. The contest moderator will choose 5 photos to be voted on.
4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way, not an option.)
5. In the event of a tie, the contest moderator will have the deciding vote.
6. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.
7. The winner has 3 days to start a new contest or 2nd place becomes the new winner.

For past MPCs see post below.

[geomorph]

MPC#110 Noise
MPC#109 Structure
MPC#108 - Vast
MPC#107 - Reflections
MPC#106 - Monochrome
MPC#104 - Your Beach
MPC#103-Relationship
MPC#102 Decay
MPC#101 Juxtaposition
MPC#100 Tilt-Shift
MPC#99 Zoom
MPC #98 - Signs
MPC#97Artificial Light
MPC #96 Portrait, as pertains to orientation
MPC #95 MACRO
MPC #94 Framed
MPC #93 October
MPC #92 White Line
MPC #91 Harvest
MPC #90 Where you live
MPC #89 Geological
MPC #88 Big Machinery
MPC #87 Hot/Heat
MPC #86 Stress Relief
MPC #85 Dirty
MPC #84 Transportation
MPC #83 Of Yourself, By Yourself, In Context
MPC# 82 Long Exposure: Urban Edition
MPC #81 Old School
MPC #80 Energy
MPC #79 Need
MPC #78 Weather
MPC #77 Action Sports
MPC #76 Stress
MPC #75 Anticipation
MPC #74 Foliage
MPC #73 Unreal
MPC #72 Speed
MPC #70 Old Technology
MPC #69 Plan B
MPC #68 Atmosphere POLL
MPC #67 Plants
MPC #66 Patterns
MPC #65 Weathered
MPC #64 WINNING
MPC #63 The End
MPC #62 Food
MPC #61 Seeing Double
MPC #60 Normal
MPC #59 Tranquility
MPC #58 Silhouette
MPC #57 Waiting
MPC #56 Night
MPC #55 Fire
MPC #54 Wheels
MPC #53 Small Sensors
MPC #52 Blur
MPC #51 Found Faces
MPC #50 Portraits
MPC #49 Panoramic
MPC #48 Light & Shadow
MPC #47 Timing
MPC #46 Coffee & Beer
MPC #45 Community
MPC #44 Potential
MPC #43 Solitude
MPC #42 Holidays
MPC #41 Ominous
MPC #40 Imbalance
MPC #39 Transition
MPC #38 Unsightly
MPC #37 Self Portrait
MPC #36 Music
MPC #35 Summer
MPC #34 Passion
MPC #33 Home
MPC #32 Electricity
MPC #31 Bridges
MPC #30 Old & New
MPC #29 BW
MPC #28 Winter
MPC #27 HDR
MPC #26 Shadows
MPC #25 Circles
MPC #24 Bars
MPC #23 People
MPC #22 Architecture
MPC #21 Wild Beasts
MPC #20 Water

[splitter]

lost by chadbrownimages, on Flickr

[geomorph]

Bumping this up with a shot of my own from the weekend in VT.

[HotDiggity]

Sunset, Pemaquid Point, Maine

star (1) by beezskis, on Flickr

[Supermoon]

This MPC is really discriminatory against those of us in the PNW.

[kidwoo]

This MPC is really discriminatory against those of us in the PNW.

Fight the power!

Go take a pic of some solar panels getting rained on.

Or some hippy's kid named sunstar (you know that fucker exists).

No vision in this place, I tell ya.

[HotDiggity]

MPL by beezskis, on Flickr

[Supermoon]

Fight the power!

Go take a pic of some solar panels getting rained on.

Or some hippy's kid named sunstar (you know that fucker exists).

No vision in this place, I tell ya.

Sunstar is a Portland stripper now, but they don't let you take cameras in there.

[shroom]

heh, just stoppin in to say seattle will not be letting me partake any time soon. good luck to all

[bad dancer]

Sadly Vancouver is out as well. Not a submission but here is one of my shots up the Indian Arm from last year. Obviously not in the time frame but since i will not see the sun for at least another 6 months, this is all I have.

[geomorph]

You guys can also take a picture of a street light or any other bright light source, and still get the same effect. I don't know what else to call the effect, but it doesn't have to be sun-specific.

[From_the_NEK]

My crappy camera was pretty overwhelmed looking straight at the sun and it doesn't really produce a very good "star" but I'll submit these anyway. And you PNWers need to stop feeling so sorry for yourselves. This is the first peak foliage season in 4 years that we have enjoyed any sun here in the NE. Here in the NEK, we have it just as bad (or worse) than you.

[Lonnie]

Are these legal?

[DeathVan]

It was sunny here last week

Do these count?

[geomorph]

Are these legal?

Sure, why not? I didn't even know such a thing existed.

It was sunny here last week

Do these count?

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The first one counts, the second is just kinda gross. I know, circle of life and all, but I can smell that picture.

[DeathVan]

The first one counts, the second is just kinda gross. I know, circle of life and all, but I can smell that picture.

You should smell my waders...

-and I believe that creating a visceral experience for the viewing public is one of the main functions of art

[bobrmr]

Random from a shoot for a friends fashion blog. But pretty please with how it turned out:

[grskier]

My #1
Snowmass:

[skiingislife]

[BeardedClam]

[zartagen]

The aspen are all turning brown from the snow, so they aren't photographing too well.

[outabounds]

[outabounds]

[Edgnar]

Yes, the monuments are shut down, no that isn't stopping anyone.