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Originally Posted by ianpinion
Hi,
The starburst effect you're referring to is caused by light catching the edges of the aperture blades. The smaller the aperture you use the more pronounced the starburst effect becomes. I wouldn't worry about, in fact I deliberately use a small aperture to get this effect with my night time shots.
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What I was going for was as wide open as I could aperture to let as much light in and keep as much out of focus as possible - except what I was focusing on, in this case Big Ben tower, fast enough shutter as being hand held I didn't want to have anything blurred, but not too fast that I needed really high ISO which introduces noise. I think I got away with it mostly.
Got to say without the magazine and it's tips, I probably would not have tried this kind of shot, or wimped and used the semi-automatic P mode.