This afternoon, I took the NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR lens out for a field test, attached to Nikon Zf. I trucked over to Old Trolley Barn Park, where I expected to find people who could be photographed discreetly from a distance. That’s my purpose for the zoom: Candid captures that don’t demand closer proximity—something Leica Q2 required all the time, thanks to its (fabulous) fixed 28mm f/1.7 lens.
On such a pleasant day, I expected to see more people hanging out on the grass. My timing was off; choices were few. The Featured Image and companion are close crops of single shots; I gave myself one opportunity for each.
Vitals for the first: f/8, ISO 720, 1/250 sec, 400mm; 5:04 p.m. PDT. The other: f/8, ISO 400, 1/500 sec, 400mm; 5:03 p.m. For this quick outing, I relied on auto-settings.
The post’s title pays homage to singer-songwriter Harry Chapin and his song of the same name that has topically nothing to do with these folks enjoying the park; well, the title works for a setting that today was a better place to be.