Glad you all seemed to approve of my clothespeg. I feel that some more tuition is called for so here goes. I set up my camera (Nikon F3) on a tripod and pointed it towards the sun. I then used a piece of black art paper to hide my backyard, but positioned it just so the the sun would hit the droplets on the line but not shine into the lens. As for the starburst effect, no I didn't use a filter. This is a natural phenomena(?)that occurs within the camera when you stop the lens down to F16 or F32. Hope this helps.