It’s time for another Photo of the Week and this time I’m going to show one reason why it’s a good idea to always use a lens hood on your lens for extra protection…
This was shot with a wide angle, Tokina 12-24mm, a really great lens for the price, I think.
And yes, the cow licked my lens hood. It wouldn’t have been the end of the world had it licked the front of my lens since I usually carry my lenses with a Neutral Clear filter installed, but it’s a lot easier to wipe off the lens hood than the glass 
ISO 1600, f/4, 1/350, 12mm
Here’s another cow shot, also with the Tokina 12-24mm wide angle, so I was really close to the cows here.
ISO 2200, f/4, 1/250, 12mm
Both photos shot using:
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I love the one with it’s tongue out! Great shot
Christopher@Technology Bloggers recently posted… How to add an email subscription form to your blog
yuk! man you must of been close, close enough to smell it’s breath, lucky it didn’t steam your lens up. Nice shot and imaginatively captured.
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I thought a lens hood’s purpose is solely to keep flare light out. Turns out there are other uses for it.
It’s also for keeping non camera shy cow’s tongues off the lens. At such high ISOs, your lens is cool in that it didn’t show much noise at all. Nice pictures Klaus.
James Moralde recently posted… Is Traffic Dashboard Another Piece of Crap
This is hilarious, and such a beautiful shot! Non-camera-shy cow spit or not, it looks fine from here. =)
Delena
Delena Silverfox recently posted… GolfGarb Voucher Code
Great shot !
We never think about this when we’re talking about protecting our gear
Joe Le Merou recently posted… Photography of Bali from an Airplane
Nice shot I love it.
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