Kids at play

This is wonderful. I love the backlighting, and you were able to keep detail in the dark areas too! I might think about cropping the foreground a little; it doesn't add anything to the photo.

---even backlit, there is enough detail of facial features. Great. Your wildlife of northern Canada is much appreciated ---I remember the ptarmigan flicks you posted previously.

I agree about cropping the foreground. I like this picture a lot.

The picture would have been perfect, if the subjects were sharper. The original might look sharper, I guess. Quality loss due to scanning as usual?

Quality loss likely due to 2 factors:

 

1. Shot handheld. However, shutter speed was likely good enough to prevent camera shake, given that I was shooting into the light.

 

2. Shot with a do-it-all 28-200mm lense which I have since sold. The lense was wonderfully light and convenient to have around, but definitely wasn't up to the quality of my FD stuff. It wasn't soft(at most focal lengths) but it wasn't sharp either. Wide angle distortion also gave me a couple of curved horizons. I was carrying the Elan + 28-200 around when weight was an issue and taking pictures was a secondary effort.

 

Could someone tell me if the 28-135mm IS lense is much better than the typical wide-telephoto zoom? I am looking to build an AF travel kit again. Seems like 3 primes(24,50,100macro or 200f2.8) might be the way to go...

Please rate.

 

Thanks,