Preface: This spring I sprung for a new lens, the 80-400VR (Nikon)
So last week I was on a family vacation to San Diego. Due to weather and family, I only took some tourist snapshots while taking our kids (along with my sister’s family) to SeaWorld and Legoland.
Once inside SeaWorld, we made a bee-line to the Shamu Show. We were sitting about three rows down from the very top of the stadium bleachers. This photo was taken at 32mm from where we sat. Note the distance to the whale platform close to the audience.
Now see what the 80-400VR lens was able to get, from my seat, handheld at 400mm.
And this is a 100% view from the raw file:
Btw, you can’t see it in this shot, but I think the whale has a cavity.
