
Originally Posted by
Arthur Morris
Hi Ben,
re:
Many branches have the double edge often seen on OOF stuff. F9 is pretty small aperature for such a busy scene.
Not really; with the 1.4X TC on the 800 f/5.6 f/9 is only 1/3 stop down from the wide open aperture of f/8. The double-edgings are pretty common even wide open. While the BKGR is busier than my usual BKGRs, I find it somewhat pleasing and as several mentioned, indicative of the rain forest habitat. And the bird picked a nice spot to stop and poop.
One of my main grips about using my 400f5.6 with a 1.4X. It was sharp, but lousy background.
Most lousy BKGRs are not caused by lenses.... :)
Now that I have micro adjust on my 50D, and can finally nail focus I prefer to shoot wide open as much as possible for better backgrounds.
As most folks here know I have been shooting wide open (or very close to it as here) for about 26 years. :)