Leopard in the Bush
My black leopard, er, cat, Ringo experienced rain for the first time today. Here he is in the multi-colored bush next to my front door.
This is also one of the first shots I took today with my (amazing) new Fujinon 8-16mm f/2.8 lens, which was purchased specifically for my RE/Architectural photography business. This fourth lens in the series of red-baged "XF" series professional zooms is notable for being perfectly rectilinear and provides a 35mm-equiv. FOV of 12-24mm.
Shot wide open at f/2.8, you can see Ringo's face & eyes are sharp, but there is nice fall-off of DOF with respect to the leaves in front and his chest and grass behind. The sharpness, color, acutance, contrast and micro-contrast of this lens is truly impressive.
Camera and metadata: Fujifilm X-H1, 16mm, 1/180th/sec, ISO800, f/2.8
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