Me_XMan wrote:
You caught the squirel crossing the street!
I'll let you in on a little secret.
The man was feeding the squirrel = easy to catch it running across!
Actually, the whole scene was devoid of any human and I initially wanted to take a photo that way. I got upset when this man entered the frame. But then he sat on the bench and started feeding the little critter and there you have it!
The $500 off is an admission by Canon that the usual $5300 price is just too high for this lens.
Don't forget guys, b/c you are starting at f/2, it takes TCs very well. So you get a 300/2.8 and 400/4.0, which is pretty cool. Yeah, you take a hit with the TC, but this lens gets you some serious flexibility.
Nick Nishizaka wrote:
Here's just a few pics from a stroll through the park last week...
Me_XMan wrote:
You caught the squirel crossing the street!
Nick Nishizaka wrote:
I'll let you in on a little secret.
The man was feeding the squirrel = easy to catch it running across!
Actually, the whole scene was devoid of any human and I initially wanted to take a photo that way. I got upset when this man entered the frame. But then he sat on the bench and started feeding the little critter and there you have it!
Surprised he did not notice the rather large lens pointed his way? At 200mm, you would still be close enough with a lens as big as the 200mm f/2 to damage the candid look? (but seems he did not see you?) Great photo.
Pixel Perfect wrote:
I only like vegemite in very low doses.
But you aren't trying to tell me in that squirrel shot the bokeh is not harsh are you? That would be just crazy thinking.
Not particularly harsh to my eye. What seems to be happening there is that there isn't enough of a distance between the background and the target, so OoF areas have not had a chance to "flow".
In fact, issues like that happen with many telephoto lenses when the geometry is not allowing a high degree of OoF background diffusion. Try to take a shot of an animal not far in front of a bulrush stand or a cornfield......now that "bokeh" often gets downright disconcerting.
However, there are other more significant issues on that image that one may wish to think about.
