I just love the slightly soft and dare I say '3D' rendering of this lens wide open. Tasty!
Despite the soft glow it is actually quite sharp even to the corners. Impressive.
Phillip Reeve wrote:
that one is awesome. I am always amazed by your focusing skills, for me such shots are hit or miss.
thanks! geese are great practice for focusing. they move similarly to humans – bodies move slow but their heads can dart around quickly making narrow dof eye focus difficult. i've gotten used to the evf and my lenses now so i almost never miss unless the subject changes direction of movement as i'm hitting the shutter. that gave me about 70% hits on the geese this shoot. the coots were more difficult because i was going for a low angle to the water which meant i needed to use the lcd and peaking which is less accurate (the coots also move more and faster). only got about 50% hits on them.
