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The angle at which the sun enters your lens will have a large effect on your results, as will the shooting aperture. I tilt and swing the camera as I look through the viewfinder to see where the reflections fall, and sometimes I can put the camera into such a position where these reflections are "hidden" and do not show up as much, if at all. Shooting wide open (or thereabouts) yields larger, sometimes nearly invisible reflections on the glass elements that become more apparent as you stop the lens down, but these "nearly invisible" reflections will reduce your image contrast. In all cases, be sure to depress the f/stop preview button in order to stop your lens down to the shooting aperture when you are looking into the sun to compose the scene. This way you will see exactly the same sun reflections that the camera will see when you trip the shutter release. Of course, sometimes lens reflections from the sun can add interesting visual elements to a scene, especially if you can place them into the dead space in the upper corner opposite from where the train (ship, truck, barge, whatever) is located. John B. Corns Owings Mills, Maryland _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
