This is my attempt at shaping bokeh. My maximum aperture was f/5.6 so I had to cut the shape very tiny for this to work.. which is why my star looks a little deformed. I hope to do some more of this with a different lens so I can get better results.

I made my own Star Bokeh. I took one of my backgrounds and put a set of white christmas lights across it, added the flower and a little off camera flash and boom, star bokeh! Pretty cool..

Thanks to Photobud Gabrielle for this website on how to make one - www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/tutorials/photography-tut...

The stars in the background are not fake, they are Christmas tree lights shaped with a man made filter. Enjoy!

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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL

Taken: March 15, 2010, 11:34:31PM

Aperture: F/1.8

Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec

Focal Length: 50mm

ISO: 100

Lens: 50mm/1.8

"Star" Filter

Edited in Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

Star Bokeh

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Happy Bokeh Wednesday Friends from me and Bokeh Claus... HO...HO...HO!

Messing about with various cut outs and I just like the starkness of this image.

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been playing with homemade bokeh filters, camera was hand held was explains the extra blur but not too bad.

The daily journeyman

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~Mark Twain

Sorry dears, once I've learned a new trick, I tend to max it out to the limit ;-)

our tree with star bokeh and hanging stockings... Santa's been here!

SOOC besides crop. +1 in comments. Do you like the hearts or stars better??

Ahh I just love the holidays!! So I wanted to take a picture with our christmas tree, and when i found some black construction paper, I knew I had to try out heat bokeh. It actually wasn't that hard, I just cut out the circles, taped them to a lens filter and then screwed the filter onto my lens. The hardest part by far was cutting out the heart in the middle of the paper.

5 more days until vacation in Flordia!!

Got home from work and discovered the neighbours have put up some Christmas lights, so grabbed my camera and one of my bokeh shape cut outs.

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Obligatory Star Mask Shot

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Taken with the Russian Industar 50mm 2.8 close-up lens.

Taken with the Russian Industar 50mm 2.8 close-up lens.

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for photo club theme "color"

(I warned you, didn't I)?

Alien spacecraft observed over Southside Park.

A can of Sapporo with star bokeh in the background.

Shot with the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens.