Tower Sunrise

I'm not sure exactly why, but I like pictures that show star patterns around lights. A few weeks back I posted an image called Preparation, which showed some work lights with star patterns, and I have done this a few other times as well. It's kind of a cool effect that does not require any special manipulation or trickery other than just knowing how to control your camera. To get the star patterns around any light, just stop down the aperture so it's super duper small (I shot this at f/16, which is as tiny as my 50mm lens will go, but other lenses can go waaaay smaller). The hard part was figuring out where to stand to get the image I wanted.

Fortunately I could use the shadow of the tower to get a good idea of where to position myself. I wanted to get the sun to poke out right at the base of the tower where it meets the roof of the building, but instead of going blind by looking at the sun and trying to move myself until I was in position, I just turned around and found the ideal spo