Canon Fest: The Nikonian

So our Canon fest was going great, until we go interrupted by the arrival of an alien species.  We later learned that these species, are affectionately called The Nikonians.  To tell the truth The Nikonian wasn't so bad, as a lot of people would have you believe.  Yes they do speak a different language, and over all are a little strange, but all in all they are very nice. I was a little fascinated by the strange behaviour of The Nikonian, and I did manage to capture some of this behaviour in pictures.  Here they are.  Enjoy!

Testing a 16mm with Sebastian.

I wanted to see the difference between my Canon 17-40mm wide angle lens and the Canon 16-35mm lens.  The 16-35mm is twice as expensive as the 17-40mm, probably because it's a f2.8, and the 17-40mm is only f4.0-5.6.  Numbers aside, testing it in the field produced very similar results.  For landscape they are pretty much the same as landscapes are usually shot at f8.  I can see the 16-35mm being an interesting effect lens specially with such a small aperture.  So I tested that on Sebastian.  As always he was willing to have some pictures taken, and made some faces for the camera.... I'm hoping I'm not creating a monster here :) So here are the tests results.... see if you can tell the difference between a 17-40mm and a 16-35mm.