Ahh, beautiful opticks. I took my little point-and-shoot and turned off the lights, then proceeded to get this series. They're actually screengrabs from a video, but have this evocative feel that reminds me simultaneously of the new Star Trek, Xmas morning, an alien abduction, and unsettling surveillance footage.
Taking still pictures didn't capture the vertical blue lines. I suspect the bokeh-ish circles are actually dust spots. I'm almost getting a "potential album art" vibe from this; we'll see.
This was preceded by playing around with a mini-flashlight.
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You look more shorter than I though xD
By the way, where do you think I could get those pants?
@Alca I'm 6 ft. The pants came from my wife, and I'm not sure where she got them from. Maybe a merchant in Arabia?
Thought* Well, you look short in the video ^^" (No offence intended)
I wish I had some, they would look great on me…. not they don't look bad on you…. ok, enough commenting.. and coffee…
FYI The blue line flares are caused by anamorphic lenses; here's a link of a guy doing some tests with diff anamorphic lenses to see the results that different lenses create (warning, multiple embedded videos autoplay on the page) http://www.claudiomiranda.com/lenstest/page2.html
The cool about lens flares is that they are completely dependent on the glass of the lens, so each type/kind/manufacterer of lens will have a different look, even if just very small differences.
I'm the first to hate overuse/too fake/CG looking lens flares but I loved them in Star Trek