Sunset Flight II - Click image to view larger!

Hi TMj,

I thought this was a single capture !

It is well done no matter how many images you put together.

Wonderful composition.

Shooting the Sun at 700mm F/11 is one way to deal with the brightness level. Although I do not like to stop down my big , fast lens , so I use full aperture solar filters to reduce the brightness to levels that are safe for me to view directly at the Sun through the viewfinder on a bright day.

This way, I preserve the maximum definition that the lens can deliverer.

Of course, that application does not really apply here, since the Sun is a very nice background as is, and the magnificent bird in flight is the main attraction.

Best Regards,  Mike

Thanks Mike! As you know when you cut/paste one image to another the exif show is of the base image, in this case is of the sun image (as you already noticed). The exif for the bird is 1/2500, F4 & ISO 500 at 500mm (no 1.4x TC) handheld shot against the sun in the back of the bird.

Hi TMj,

Yes, I was aware of the EXIF limitation with one than one image.  Of course, I knew that you had to shot at wide open or nearly wide open aperture to obtain the outstanding definition on the bird.

This is what 500mm F/4  lens were designed for. A well designed high speed lens produce better images  because of the low f-number and the fact that the shutter speeds can often be very fast at lower ISO. These are the benefits from using such great glass.

This is one reason why my collections include every fast lens that Nikon , Canon ,  Leica and others have ever produced.

When it come to the best in optics, I am an addict.

Best Regards,  Mike