Hello Jay, The heron looks reasonably sharp. I don't know how much you sharpened it in software, so I can't comment about stopping down more. For the picture involved, it seems to be enough DOF. The bokeh in the background seems a bit harsh - I don't recall seeing that from my lens - I'm going to have to go back and look for similar scenes I've shot.
When using a converter, remember that you may have to stop down a bit more to get reasonable sharpness. So if you are feeling like the lens is best at f8 and then put a 1.4x on, you are now at f11 - seems rather slow - also more difficult to focus. I just don't bother with a converter on my 400. Let us know how it goes. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, February 17, 2006, 12:55:01 AM, you wrote: JT> Not sure what this one was searching for in the middle of a grass JT> field; a rodent maybe? I always thought they did most of their hunting JT> around the shorlines. This one was a good half mile away from the JT> water. JT> Taken with the newly acquired Tokina AT-X 400 f5.6 . I think I'm going JT> to have to try stopping this lens down a bit more. I'm also curious how JT> it will work with the F1.7X adapter before I splurge on a new Tamron or JT> Sigma APO 1.4X. I think I am getting bit by the telephoto LBA bug. JT> *istDL 1/1000s @ f/6.7 iso200 / Handheld, processed w/BibbleLite JT> Comments & critique always helpful. Thanks for looking. JT> http://i.pbase.com/g3/87/63987/2/56113299.GBHinField.jpg JT> JayT
