Lens Hood on Telephoto lens?
As a fella who loves shooting 'long' rather than 'wide', I had noticed way, way back that all commercial lens hoods for zoom lenses were set for the 'wide' end of the zoom, not the 'long' end of the zoom
Consequently I was getting lens flare quite often when shooting very close into the sun but without having the sun in the frame. So I made my own 'super-long' lens hood from a plastic beaker, heavily sanded internally to roughen its surface, spray painted with blackboard paint and with its bum cut out and a step-up ring epoxy glued into the base.
This hood is about 200mm long and used for 300mm to 800mm stuff
However there are regrettably times when I am without a lens hood ... or the existing hood just does not cover things - so I create my own on-the-spot. Here I show how it's done
No lens hood ....
The human temporary lens hood ...
Obviously in use the fingers are raised out of frame, but shown here for effect
Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
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