Day 2 of my Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D weekend comes with photos from the NY Aquarium. I headed down there this morning due to free tickets courtesy of Bank of America.

Nyaaa — Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D

This is the first image I’ve taken with this 80–200mm lens that I can remember seeing chromatic aberration on. It’s not bad at all though, and otherwise the photo is sharp with nice boke. What more could I ask?

Dive — Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D

Shots like this are why I shot RAW today rather than my normal jpeg. In the original there wasn’t enough contrast between the sea lion and the background, so it required fairly heavy cuves adjustments. The reason it’s in black and white is the fur texture stands out more this way. It would have worked fine in jpeg, but raw helped. Unless I’m doing a decent amount of post like this, the extra space and reduced buffer capacity just isn’t worth it for RAW for me.

Parachute Jump — Nikon 80–200mm f/2.8 AF-D

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