Is this soft?

I'm wondering why the OP asked the question. Did you think it was soft or did someone tell you that.

I think the focal plane is quite sharp and that the eyes are a tad soft by not being in the focal plane but this is not a fault of the lens or the camera but the DOF available by the aperture and/or you focused on the eyes and then physically moved the camera before you took the shot. That is easy to do when your DOF may be a few cm thick.

BiPolarBear wrote in post #3925826
Frank, no offence, but that is one evil looking cat.
He was attempting the Vulcan mind-meld on you, wasn't he?
"You will walk to the fridge, you will open the fridge, you will put last nights leftover grilled salmon in a bowl, you will put the bowl on the floor, you will...."

And to the OP, yup, sharp image.

You got that right... this is his neighborhood.

He's brought in many kills:

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You don't have pix edit option checked off by your name so I sent you a PM that shows the diff. between yours and with a bit of USM side by side...(personally I think it and many of the pix posted here ARE soft)

Here kitty.....

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My cats approve of your picture

this shot is from when i first bought my 350d, taken at antelope park in zimbabwe:

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