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« on: June 17, 2009, 03:03:26 pm »

Just before that front moved in last night as it started to haze over I caught a couple of images of this sun-halo. It was very bland with not much color at all. This was taken with the fish-eye converter lens. Notice the shadow of the contrail!
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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2009, 03:42:40 pm »

Great shot John. I like your use of available appendages to block out the sun.
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2009, 04:06:15 pm »

Thanks Richard, it was the only thing 'handy' at the time Wink
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2009, 04:13:47 pm »

I'm thinking what could be used and I thought of  a disc on the end of a thin stick and the stick could be cloned out Huh  You'd  need an assistant though .

Good shot, nevertheless.
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2009, 04:32:43 pm »

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I like your use of available appendages to block out the sun.
This is one of the few occasions when "live view" is useful, you can use the camera to shield your eyes whilst composing the image on the rear screen with no obstructions. But I used to do these with a film camera (& optical viewfinder) by just guessing the aim of the camera, with the very wide angle lens you need to get the whole halo (even a 22 degree one) the aiming is not that critical. Looking through an optical viewfinder at the sun is, of course, a no-no, unless you really want burn marks across your retinas.
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2009, 04:37:27 pm »

Cracker image John and very well composed. Nice complete halo and contrail shadow. The fisheye lens done a great job on that. I could imagine some great moon halo images to come with that wide field.  Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2009, 04:46:00 pm »

Talking about 'live view', my neighbour has just bought a cover for the LCD screen-3"(Canon 5D 11) and he got it mainly for Live View but it's also very good for just looking at the photos to check the levels. It  just slots on, no adhesive - I'm quite impressed and have asked him to get me one for the 40D..only £10. The next ting he's trying to get is an extension to the eyepiece which will enable him to leave it open. To open it you  just pull out the side flaps and it unfolds and vice-versa.  It came off E.Bay. no doubt from Hong Kong. In  bright light it's very difficult to see the image properly.
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2009, 04:55:32 pm »

Nicely captured John
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« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2009, 05:17:06 pm »

Great halo John!
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« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2009, 06:25:09 pm »

Thanks all for the replies, I didn't really think that image would generate much of an interest........just goes to show!

Brain is absolutely correct of course, and this is something I should have mentioned. You should never use any optical aid to look at the sun, even the viewfinder of a camera, it is highly dangerous!
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