Leopard’s Bane

Leopard’s-bane is a perennial in the daisy family and grows almost like a weed in our garden.

It is so-named (allegedly) because all the plants in this genus were once thought to be poisonous to animals, although why leopards were singled out is unclear.

When I view the image in detail I am still not overly happy with the focal sharpness which, I think, is due to me still not fully appreciating the reduced depth-of-field that you get with medium format in comparison to full frame or APS sensor cameras.

Don’t get me wrong; considering that it was a hand-held shot, when viewed at 200% (see below) the selected areas are tack sharp – it’s just that the depth of focus isn’t there and this requires some further learning on my part.

To this aim I have ordered a simple focus target wedge so that I can run some trials with each lens in order to understand the depth of focus at different apertures for each one.

I’ll publish the results of these trials once complete.