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Another old raw. I was probably annoyed by the low sharpness at the time and didn't do anything to it despite the arrangement with the branch. This was shot with a mirror lens and a Speedbooster. The focus, such as it is, is slighly off and is more on the wing than the eye. That makes sense. It's a fool's errand to try to focus this lens precisely on something as quick moving as a starling's head, so I probably went for the wing. Anyhow, it is what it is, since I don't smoke anymore shooting starlings from my smoking balcony is no longer a thing. If it were to become a thing, though, I now have better EVF stabilization and possibly usable focus peaking to do it with.
Another old raw. I was probably annoyed by the low sharpness at the time and didn't do anything to it despite the arrangement with the branch. This was shot with a mirror lens and a Speedbooster. The focus, such as it is, is slighly off and is more on the wing than the eye. That makes sense. It's a fool's errand to try to focus this lens precisely on something as quick moving as a starling's head, so I probably went for the wing. Anyhow, it is what it is, since I don't smoke anymore shooting starlings from my smoking balcony is no longer a thing. If it were to become a thing, though, I now have better EVF stabilization and possibly usable focus peaking to do it with.