Wow! I am glad I raised my hand. It seems like some of the rest of the class had the same question!


I was kind of leaning towards the macro lens, too.


Here is an example of a shooting style I like, and I have some questions to follow:





EOS 40D, EF 28-135@ 135mm, f/5.6,ISO 200 (either that or 400),1/60, handheld


In this shot, I can already tell that some of the cluster is starting to get out of focus. Is this because the aperture is already too wide at 5.6, and therefore the DOF is too compressed, for this particular shot? If so, do I need to be shooting from further away with a longer lens instead?


Can someone post orpoint me to shots using the 100mmf/2.8 so I can see the effect of shooting with this lens at different apertures? I'll also check Bryan's review again, as I am sure he has shots with it.


P.S.I don't know what I am doing wrong, butthe picture here is only the left 2/3 or so ofthe original. How do Ifix it? (Nevermind. Duh.)