One of the driest summers here so far.
I don't remember one this hot since '63.
There are serious fire problems to the west of us, and the westerly winds are bringing in a lot of smoke.
I tried Saturday night to replicate the red sunset shot with nikkor, but no luck.
It disappeared into cloud before it could redden. Will try again this week...
Did get a brownish late evening sun with the Nikkor 200mm f4:
1/1600 sec at f11, ISO 400 with the fixed focal length 200 at hard infinity stop...
Some chromatic aberrations on the outer edge of the sun, which is to be expected shooting directly into it.
I had the built in lens hood fully extended.
I tried a couple of shots shooting over a whitish concrete barrier at some pasture poodles.
The lens flared quite noticeably, even with the shade extended.
Very harsh lighting conditions.
More to find out yet. I think in my normal escarpment habitat I'm going to be okay with most of my glass.
Regards,
Doc Sharptail
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