Looks like hurt in a couple of ways Dean.
tough cookie@JackC, @THXGEEK trip and fall at near the top of Sabino Canyon. Self-extraction involved 45 minutes to the trailhead, an hour to the parking lot, 45 minutes to the Hospital, 6 hours in the Emergency Room: 6 stitches in the eyebrow and three in the knee.
If I can stop for a selfie...you know it couldn't have been too bad.
Not all Canon RF lenses come with hoods... Only L-series, while STM's more often than not don't have hoods.
If you're relying on a lens hood to fight flare, you're setting yourself up for a tough shot no matter what. You're already in a battle with the light. The best tool you have for fighting flare is your feet. Move your feet to look for another angle or some shade to stand in where you don't get flare.
I never use a lens without one. Good to protect the front element if you don't use filters (always have a UV fitted). Two of my lenses don't have original Canon lens hoods but I find the 3rd party ones I have do exactly what it says on the tin. Some of the RF lenses don't ship with a lens hood so I have bought 3rd party ones.
The 3 STM lenses I have don't have hoods but my 18-150 came with a JJC one. I've purchased non OEM ones for my other two lenses (85 & 35 STM lenses.
No so rare in my experience, ShipleyNW. Particularly when moving the feet will also lose the shot. Thankfully there are many more shots to be had along with many more sunrises, hey! I too appreciate your comment.
Yeah, sometimes the shot -- the subject and the composition and the moment -- is important enough or fleeting enough that you'll fight the light for that shot. You just do what you can and get what you get. But most of the time you can find options that will get you an equivalent shot with some friendlier light, which makes for a better picture almost all of the time.
