These scenes create a special feeling of coziness and ease a feeling that flickers like a warm spark inside of us. We have created this filter to give us the chance to show this feeling of warmth in our photo. The filter is designed to create moderately sized light beams from light sources while gently enhancing them letting them appear like tiny sparks and creating a warm and joyful atmosphere just like the feeling inside of us. Get to know the Hoya Sparkle. THE Sparkle Effect. Conventional cross filters may appear with overly long light beams cluttering and totally overloading your photos. Rather than letting the cross effect take over your photo the Hoya Sparkle aims to create a joyful atmosphere subtly through creating only moderately sized light beams. Try out both!. Soft Effect. In the absence of strong light sources in the composition the Hoya Sparkle produces a soft effect in your image creating a dreamy atmosphere. This is especially recommended for portrait flower and landscape photography.