Thanks Lloyd for the kind words.
I love this lens and even though it's praised here and there i think it's somehow underrated. It takes a bit of time to tame properly, especially with FF (D700 here) so without the aid of the extra 1.5 factor. These are all hanheld, no fancy lighting ... not even a sunny day!
Here's another one shot in the semi shade on the same assigment, one of my personal favorites:
larger file ( cropped and reduced to fit forum requirements - still hate jpeg though
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