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Aperture Series @ 24mm: Buckeye along Storm Drain
This series from f/2.8 through f/9 evaluates the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art for sharpness across the field as well as bokeh. A lot is revealed in this simple series.
Includes images up to full camera resolution.
Storm Drain Buckeye
Sample with serial number xxxx6274.
I planted this tree from a nut back around 1992—nuts beget nuts (?)—they are not popular but they are one of the most shapely trees in California when mature (this one needs another 50 years). California Buckeye Aesculus californica grows slowly, is one of the first trees to leaf out each year (February) and looks dead by June, whereupon it grows a crop of attractive nuts, though this year this tree has not produced any.
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Sony A7R III + Sigma FE 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art @ 24mm RAW: Enhance Details, LACA corrected
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