Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM - Bugma

This is a really amazing lens. I can't believe just how sharp it is. I was bored at home on Thursday and decided to pull this thing out of it's case and play with it for a while.

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A bit boring but here is the Bugma on an IR XT...

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Some toads in the nearby lake have their annual "party"
Taken with 5Dmk2.

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On a 5D2:

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Can't believe how few images there are in here for such a good lens. Recent one of my daughter playing. On 1DsII, wide open, with bounced flash:

Son and daughters on the 5Dii. This lens simply rocks.

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Holy crap, how I have I never noticed this lens before. The shots in this thread are better than many L prime threads!! And it does Macro??

My wife hates you guys.

I love this lens!

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Need to get out more

LR Preset - Clean up S-curve

Obligatory eye shot.

Here are some with the lens mounted on a 1Ds2 and all are lit using the Sigma EM-140 DG macro flash gun.

All shots were taken within 15 feet of each other

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Very nice! Mine should be here on Monday and I'm hoping to add some pics next week!

One from today. It doesn't show in this shot, since I got rid of the color, but from the shots today, I continue to be blown away by the color, sharpness, bokeh and overall image quality of this lens, and I've had it over a year now . Still majorly impressive.

Took this this morning. I was out taking some shots of coneflowers, and saw this tiny spider had spun a web between two bushes. I aligned myself on the other side, and positioned the angle such that the coneflower was directly behind to serve as a background. Given that the flowers were 2-3 feet behind the spider, and there weren't many of them, this proved to be much more difficult than I anticipated. Still...I got the shot.

150mm, 1/200s, f/16 with flash