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Out of the Sun

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Posted by Billy Fairburn on April 29, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Out of the Sun
Hi all,

Not sure how many this will appeal to but it's a shot that I've had in mind for a while now so I'm glad to finally get it. The main obstacle was that I didn't want to fry my retina looking up at the overhead sun through a telephoto lens, but I've finally found a use for live view on my 40d! I manually focussed and tracked the gull (herring I think...) on the lcd, firing a burst when the sun entered the image. The majority of them were ruined by flare, but this one turned out alright.

techs: 137mm, 1/8000s, f16, iso 200. Live view.

Comments welcome!

Billy :wavey: :cool:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on April 29, 2009 at 8:01 AM
Nice to see people attempting something different and a good use of live view. It appeals (to me).
Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Craig Jones on April 29, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Very different, very nice, well done :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by john macpherson on April 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Floats my boat too. Love the nacreous effect on the clouds - really adds to the magic, as does the diffuse edge of the wing. Well done!
Posted by Steve Makin on April 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM
yup, I like it, its different and well executed
Posted by eric weight on April 29, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Well that's different. Some interesting colours in the sky there. Works for me.
:toast: Eric
Posted by Lee Newman on April 29, 2009 at 6:39 PM
A super looking image Billy, well taken :toast:

Lee