London-Luton - 5th August 2007

An early finish to racing and the promise of a plesant evening drew us to Luton in the hope of some sunset shots.

The sun was already on the 'wrong' side of the runway for the crash gate when we arrived, so we elected to try the field underneath the approach. Light was good and the angles weren't too 'undersidey'.

As the sun started to drop we did move round to the aforementioned crash gate. Another reason for making the trip was that I'd wanted to try out the 1.4x converter on the Canon 400mm f5.6 lens. While I knew the AF wouldn't work, I still thought it might be an interesting experiment. Some of the close-ups didn't work out too badly, IMHO, though equally there were a lot of binners too! I saw enough to convince me to get a 2x converter to use with the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 anyway!

As is typical, the sunset that I'd hoped for never really materialised - killed by the bank of cloud out to the north-west. Even so it was still a pleasant way to spend a summer's evening.