Starry Christmas Tree

[Mocha]

This was fun! I enjoyed all the other contributions. Here is mine. Our home has an open floor plan between the kitchen and family room, so our tree doesn't have a wall behind it. I kept the shot dark to eliminate the clutter in the background. The settings were f/22, 15 seconds, lens at 23mm, ISO 800. I'm still learning, so any suggestions are welcome.

[Claudia5573]

Originally Posted by statichash

The number of streaks in the starburst depends on the number of blades in the aperture of the lens.
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Thanks Tony for responding. I thought that may have a factor in the star points. In looking at your tree image I see 13-14 points. So then your camera would have that many blade on the aperture?

[statichash]

Originally Posted by Claudia5573

Thanks Tony for responding. I thought that may have a factor in the star points. In looking at your tree image I see 13-14 points. So then your camera would have that many blade on the aperture?

You're welcome Claudia, I shot my tree with a Canon 16-35mm which has 7 blades; the number of points is double the number of blades, so in my case there are 14.

[valinokolinksi]

Merry Christmas and Happy New year