Have you ever seen sun looking like big shiny star? No? Ever been on a scenario where the night sky becomes overcast just when you've planned on learning the zodiac constellations, yeah? Frustrating isn't it? Well for this week, we got something very special that will certainly have you catching and shooting stars in no time!
Star light effect by dogma
There are couple ways on building a star light effect filter, but I will tell you the easiest!
For this tip you will need:
- sharp knife
- piece of CLEAN glass or CLEAN transparent plastic (brand new CD case could work for that) and it should be same size or a bit greater then your camera lens front
- ruler
- duct tape.
How to:
1. Take a plastic piece and using ruler and knife scratch the surface of the plastic by making parallel lines. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Don’t cut it, just scratch it a little bit. Distance between the lines should be about 2mm and lines should last over all size of plastic (It should be long enough to cover your lens).
2. Turn the plastic sheet 90 degrees and start making new lines, these lines will be perpendicular to the first lines
3. After that, you will need to make some more lines which should go criss-cross through the ones you’ve made earlier. You should have a piece of plastic with a nice grid/pattern afterwards. If the grid looks not perfect, don’t worry it will work anyway.
4. Now all you have to do is put this filter in front of your camera and start shooting. If you will take pictures of the sun it will turn into a big star. If you will go for a night hunting, my recommendation would be to stick filter to your camera with a duct tape instead of holding it.
Happy shooting! :D
59 comments
abcdefuck
this is absolutely awsome.
eggzakly
I love this effect and I love these pictures! Another easy way of getting a star filter effect is by simply holding a piece of shiny metal screen in front of the lens :)
novakmisi
great tipster!
spoeker
perfect! love the effect
born-to-ruin
This is rad! I was working on scoring plastic to achieve the same effect! Nice to see it works!
coldkennels
This is fantastic! I'll have to give this a shot.
panelomo
superstar tipster!
cinzinc
awesome!!!! im gonna try this!
boredbone
coolest tip i've seen in awhile:)
niki-tzi
i have to try this...
really nice idea...
THANX!!!
awleef
coca
great!!!
zulupt
Cool tip, thanks for sharing!
dogma
Yeee i have all most forgot about this one :))) thanks LSI for publishing this tip. I'm glad you guys love it!
paramir
genius! great results!
satomi
Wow, this is really fantastic!
mattcharnock
amazing - i am so so sosososososoo oso oo so so so doing this!
vicuna
Fantastic tipster! :)
lomoblood
wow! this is great, im working on making one right now :]
kernow_and_cambria
Love it!
-a-l-b-e-r-t-o-
aahahaha tipster of the century
disdis
great!
lomosexual_manboy
Really cool tipster. I especially like tipsters like this where you don't have to use up a whole roll of film on it if you don't want to. Just hold it in front of the lens. Great work and wonderful gallery.
lomoblood
ahh, i have a question, when you put the filter in front of your lens, which side should be facing out, the side you cut with the knife or the smooth uncut side?
eva_eva
Clever!! XD
dogma
@lomoblood i think it's not matter which side you gone use, i should work on both sides ;)
mephisto19
great! i will try it!
hailkingstewie
This is amazing. How did you discover this!?
bravopires
great!
fancholland2
Wow this is a crazy tipster! So clever!
jaalvarez
This is a classic ... but ...
Homemade !!!
100% Lomographic tipster !!!
stouf
Hohoho ! This is my cup of tea ! Simple but extremely smart. And the results are perfect. Congrats mate !
nural
OMG this is awesome, can't wait to try!!!
dogma
WoW Thanks all of you guys for so many likes!
@hailkingstewie well at first i discovered this http://www.lomograph(…)ture-shapes that gave me some thoughts and then i read the amazing book released in 1936 in Lithuania ("Everyone can shoot") There was some tips how people in that time used to make variuos filters and other stuff :)
dogma
Oh like i said there are some other ways to make astar filter. You can use a scrub paper and gently scratch plastic or glass piece by making circles, try it out ;)
workerbee
awesome!
almudein
ritamiguel
GREAT IDEA! =)
misaka
Thanks! I´ll try it! :D
patrix
hey dogma nice tip and awesome pics there))
@iHaveRosyCheeks
mephisto19
i "lended" a cd cover from my boyfriend..... hope he will not find out ;)
nahdeen
pretty cool -- might try it out sometime!
makny
i'm gonna try this soon!!! great tipster!
middernachtlopper
I'd love to try it!
nlafranchi
nice nice tipster. have made the plastic part, only have to use it :) did you make deep cuts?
pink1212
I can't wait to go home and try this!
edithnine
cant wait to try this!
mariefisen
Wow! I am definitely going to try this!! Thanks for sharing...
qrro
absolutely awesome and easy!!, very clever :)
magdalenalenny
amishfox18
shoujoai
Best tipster! Like it :)
gm_mcleod
I love this and I can't wait to try it!!! Thanks!
feelux
Wow. Great tipster! Can't wait to try this :)
junchan0825
deja-mew
I can't wait to try this, too! I will definitely be bringing this to my yearly music fest.
clicknique
Awesome, deff gonna try this one!
schlogoat
Ace