I got this lens about two weeks ago, and finally got around to really putting it to good use. I really love the quality of the images produced, apart from their obvious sharpness. Contrast, saturation, bokeh are the best I can produce with my lineup.

100% crop:



Tiny strand growing:



Trapped in water:



Pearls:



A road less traveled:



Predator:



The future:



And just to show off the sharpness of the lens, this growing flower is about a half-inch wide:

[MRRiley]

Really lke the 6th and 7th ones. Wonder if that ant know's how precarious his position is? Wonderful pattern in #7.

Mike

[bdery]

Really lke the 6th and 7th ones. Wonder if that ant know's how precarious his position is? Wonderful pattern in #7.

Mike

Thanks, Mike. The ant probably knew, it went away very fast (and probably survived...).

The pattern on #7 is akin to a Fibonacci series, for the record. It's one of the most common, and surprising, patterns in nature.

Fibonacci number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(read the "in nature" section...)

[kevinschoenmakers]

Apart from taking good photo's, you give them great titles. A skill that often goes unnoticed. Well done!

[Ash]

Sweet stuff.
Very thin DOF, but lovely colours and tack sharp subjects.
Thanks for sharing.

[bdery]

Apart from taking good photo's, you give them great titles. A skill that often goes unnoticed. Well done!

Many thanks, and thanks for looking! I do think that in most cases giving a (good) title is important, it allows mw to illustrate the mood I'm in.

Sweet stuff.
Very thin DOF, but lovely colours and tack sharp subjects.
Thanks for sharing.

thanks for looking too! I love to experiment with shallow DOF with this lens.