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Your lens selection seems pretty fine to me.
As telephoto you could get an AF 80-200mm f2.8. This lens was the professional zoom for Nikon for about 10 years, gets produced since over 30 years and counting, and has seen four successors and survived the prodution spans of two of them already. Its just that good. And because it has been around 30 years, its pretty affordable on the used market.
Anyone can do focus stacking with any camera. And the focus stack feature of the D850 requires a lens with AF-S, i.e. an internal motor. All the really good macro lenses I know dont have an internal motor. They are either screwdrive or fully manual. So - meh.
Tilt Shift are really for architecture or product photography. Even landscape isnt that likely. Plus yeah, they are really expensive.
What's your lens line up and why?
I currently actively use two zooms and eight prime lenses: AF-S 16-35mm f4 VR, AF-S 70-200mm f4 VR, AF 10.5mmm f2.8 DX Fisheye, AF-S 20mm f1.8, Zeiss "Classic" 35mm f2, Voigtländer 58mm f1.4, AF 60mm f2.8 micro, Zeiss "Classic" 100mm f2 macro, AF 105mm f2 DC and AF 180mm f2.8.
The zooms are workhorses I got when I entered the system. I use them when I need their special features. They dont inspire me to shoot, an important aspect for a hobbyist, but they do the jobs my primes cant do, such as fast autofocus for sports or image stabilisation for video.
I got the fisheye because its the cheapest way to get a really great fisheye. Fisheye arent exactly resolution monsters so its OK to get one for a crop sensor even if you use a full frame camera, plus of course in a circumcised version you can get any other aspect ratios then 2:3 at full use of the circle, not exactly unimportant for a Fisheye, and on top of that its even a 220 degree fisheye this way, not just a 180 degree - your feet are always in the shot, lolz.
The Voigtländer and the AF 105mm f2 DC are my portrait specialists, and both arent exactly my sharpest lenses. And they are Divas - you need to use them in the right way but then you get great results.
Back in the day when I decided to enter full frame DSLR I had to choose between Nikon and Canon. One of these choices was the DC lenses vs Canons mighty EF 85mm f1.2. The DC lenses won for me, so I kind of had to get one.
Zack Arias stated recently he had so far seen three "magic" lenses, and one of the was the 105m DC (the other two have been Fujifilm and Leica). Plus of course 105mm is a bit more flexible as a focal length than 135mm.
Plus, thanks to DC - theres soft focus instantly available if you want it. Not bad at all ! Otherwise I dont use the DC, bokeh is awesome without and I dont like what it does otherwise to the image.
The rest are just great lenses. Though I currently think of replacing the Zeiss 100mm f2 macro with the Tokina 100mm f2.8 macro, and the AF-S 20mm f1.8 with its 24mm twin. Not because the original lenses are bad, I just believe the other choices might fit me even better.
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