Yeah, that was pretty stressful as the weather was almost always unfriendly over 4 weeks with little sun and gusty winds, snow, rain, etc. that I had to visit the "Unremarkables"
four times to get good (enough) shots.
I also had problems with shake on my tripod as the wind was pulling at the rather longish lens(es) - and have now bought a new Manfrotto/Bogen 545B Pro Heavy-Duty Aluminum Video tripod: their dual-leg structure is much more rigid than my old Manfrotto 055.
And I had to do everything in triple for my big up-and-coming shootout: the Nikon AF-S 70-200/4.0G VR, the Nikon AF-S 70-200/2.8G VR, and the the Sigma HSM 70-200/2.8 OS.
...but who am I to complain
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Here's another interesting pair of shots with which I tried to test background- and foreground-Bokeh:
Background-Bokeh:
Nikon70-200f4_200f4_bokeh-61856 by
Thomas, on Flickr
Foreground-Bokeh:
Nikon70-200f4_200f4_bokeh-61856 by
Thomas, on Flickr
(You can the full-res images by clicking through those pictures above)
You can make a lot of observations with these two simple shots:
1. the cat's-eye effect is setting in pretty fast (I'd say 1/3 from the image center already).
2. The light-blobs have a slight outlining.
3. Foreground- and background-Bokeh are almost equally strong.
The respective shots for the Sigma 70-200/2.8 at f4 are
here and
there.
And for the Nikon 70-200/2.8 at f4 they are
here and
there.
The respective shots at f2.8 can also be visited in the respective sets.
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Any manufacturers out there that could speak to the cost of something like this? Can't be more than $20, even using the highest quality materials and precision tooling, which Nikon clearly has the ability and know how to do.
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