I have a new Samsung GX 10. I took several pictures of a sunset yesterday and all of them have this "floral" pattern as opposes to the star shapes one gets with special filters. Bearing in mind that I am completely new to digital photography and have not had a decent camera for years... I wondered if someone could tell me why I got this particular pattern and how to not get it.
As far as I can tell these are the bits of info that go with this photo: P (program line?), AF.S , 1/180 , F11 , 50mm , ISO 100 AWB. For what it's worth, I took several in different settings and they all had this effect except for the ones where the sun was actually dipping into the horison. I hope someone can enlighten me. Thanks
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