"starry, starry night"
Inspired title from the wonderful Don Mclean song &quot;Vincent (starry, starry night)&quot; and from the lovely starbursts created by my wonderful Tokina lens!

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Had a cracking &quot;neet oot doon the toon&quot; with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16125468@N05/">Alan Dingwall</a> as we braved the elements from a bitter cold wind to a few snow showers! But a cracking night wandering the quayside and experimenting with lenses and angles! 

Before I got the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 I'd read a lot of comments about lens flare and Tokina brought out the version II of this lens with a coating to prevent flare. However, I am pleasantly pleased that it's not an issue for me, I found that even shooting next to or into bright street lights caused no problems at all, in fact I reckon my old Sigma 10-20mm had more issues than this lens. But most pleasing are the starbursts!!

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk" rel="noreferrer nofollow"><b>Don Mclean ~ &quot;Vincent (Starry, starry night)&quot;</b></a>

<i>Starry, starry night.
Paint your palette blue and grey,
Look out on a summer's day,
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills,
Sketch the trees and the daffodils,
Catch the breeze and the winter chills,
In colors on the snowy linen land. 

Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they did not know how.
Perhaps they'll listen now.&quot;</i>

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Camera Nikon D7000
Lens Tokina 11-16mm F/2.8 ATX Pro DX 
Exposure 60
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 12 mm
ISO Speed  100

Redsnapper RS-283 Tripod 
Manfrotto 494RC2 Ball Head
Wireless Shutter Release

RAW File Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4
Border &amp; Logo added in Photoshop Elements 9

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