A little tip: Don't look at the sun!!! (humor)
So I'm following this Great Egret passing in front of me, and I hold the shutter button down for some clickety-clickety-click, and he passes exactly in front of the sun!!!!
Do you know how bright the sun is??!?!?!?
Especially when viewed (however briefly) through a 300mm lens?!?!?!
It made me blink for a few minutes and see some spots for a while, but I'm all right. No permanent damage.
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Re: A little tip: Don't look at the sun!!! (humor)
Kind of a neat effect! Good thing you didn't burn your eye! I built a solar filter for my 300mm. I bet tracking a bird with it would be extremely hard.