Your photos are maginificent as always, A.Mac, but I get the feeling that the ones you've been taking with the new lens are a little softer than what I have seen previously. Perhaps it's just coincidental.
When one has a camera with a number of interchangeable lenses, as I did with my Canon F1, eventually one will tire of carrying around so much bulk and weight, and stick with a favourite. As I had a series of lenses from 24mm to 300mm I eventually just used a Vivitar 80-210mm zoom (not sure if I remembered the focal lengths correctly but that's at least approximate). I did carry with it my small 24mm in case I needed a wider angle.
I think the additional length of this lens does more of what long zoom lenses do proportionate to that length that is, compresses the depth of field. Also, the soft green background is foliage of which there is little or none in late fall, winter and early spring.
I'm "down" to 3 lenses 28-300 a 60mm macro and this new 80-400.
Yeah the longer length reduces depth of field. (background gets blurry) If your using auto focus, it's a great one on that camera.
The same picture taken with the 28X300 would appear to be a smaller object with clearer background.
I look at it this way, it saves post processing.
I tend to label equipment to what I would use it for. the 28x300 would be for the "Magazine" shot, sharp, with crispness and closeness in depth of field.
The 80x400 I would label "Portrait" for taking absolutely clean, clear crisp object photos.
Just me, both have their advantages and both can work equally well in anything. It's just some setups work better than others in specific styles.
Anyways, I'll stop revealing how much I don't know and allow the master to share his work...
Beautiful shots brother. I think you will grow to love that 80x400.
I miss the spring flowers and birds of the mid-west every year, I didn't think I would so much. Still in October here we get some of the birds back and certainly there are the beautiful cactus flowers. I miss the wooded beauty of home (I'll always be a Michigander in my heart), but there is a beauty in the desert too. One that far to many people don't seem to be able to see.
I think it time to go dig my camera out. My pics will never be this nice, but I can snap a few anyway soon.
Love is in the air.
Awesome pics A Mac; love the young finch!
Great photos Mac. I'm with Larry, the young finch is cool
A Mac
Beautiful shots.
The birds are great, but the flower is really something special!
Thanks for sharing
Your photos are maginificent as always, A.Mac, but I get the feeling that the ones you've been taking with the new lens are a little softer than what I have seen previously. Perhaps it's just coincidental.
When one has a camera with a number of interchangeable lenses, as I did with my Canon F1, eventually one will tire of carrying around so much bulk and weight, and stick with a favourite. As I had a series of lenses from 24mm to 300mm I eventually just used a Vivitar 80-210mm zoom (not sure if I remembered the focal lengths correctly but that's at least approximate). I did carry with it my small 24mm in case I needed a wider angle.
I think the additional length of this lens does more of what long zoom lenses do proportionate to that length that is, compresses the depth of field. Also, the soft green background is foliage of which there is little or none in late fall, winter and early spring.
I'm "down" to 3 lenses 28-300 a 60mm macro and this new 80-400.
Slow day today.
Night all.
Yeah the longer length reduces depth of field. (background gets blurry) If your using auto focus, it's a great one on that camera.
The same picture taken with the 28X300 would appear to be a smaller object with clearer background.
I look at it this way, it saves post processing.
I tend to label equipment to what I would use it for. the 28x300 would be for the "Magazine" shot, sharp, with crispness and closeness in depth of field.
The 80x400 I would label "Portrait" for taking absolutely clean, clear crisp object photos.
Just me, both have their advantages and both can work equally well in anything. It's just some setups work better than others in specific styles.
Anyways, I'll stop revealing how much I don't know and allow the master to share his work...
Beautiful shots brother. I think you will grow to love that 80x400.
Sweet!
I miss the spring flowers and birds of the mid-west every year, I didn't think I would so much. Still in October here we get some of the birds back and certainly there are the beautiful cactus flowers. I miss the wooded beauty of home (I'll always be a Michigander in my heart), but there is a beauty in the desert too. One that far to many people don't seem to be able to see.
I think it time to go dig my camera out. My pics will never be this nice, but I can snap a few anyway soon.