New 45mm lens delivered today

[Michael H. Cothran]

Just got my replacement 45mm lens for the one I returned to B&H 3 weeks ago, which just about needed a pipe wrench to mount & dismount. This one is much better - along the same lines as my 30 & 90.
Went for a walk along my daily pathway just now, X1D & 45 in tow - tied to a Black Rapid strap. Man, it's been so long since I've had a camera for walking about & hand holding. This is great!! I snapped a few shots, mostly pretty wide open. Here's one taken @ f4, focused on the main tree, so other parts will be a bit soft.
Aperture Priority, AF choosing a focus point on the tree. 1/1250 sec @ f4, ISO 100. Basic LR - adjust WB with color checker passport custom camera profile for X1D, adjusted highlights, shadows, white point & black point, added a bit of sharpness masking off sky.
Added a slight curve in CS6 using Luminosity as my blending mode.

View large to see better detail in tree.

[Buddy]

what is the reason that you shoot this kind of shot at f4 and 1/1250sec? Instead maybe around f/8 and 1/300. Just curious what is the thinking, no critique.

[Michael H. Cothran]

You're exactly right about shooting this normally at a smaller f-stop. But I wanted to see how this lens performs at wide apertures, thus I chose f4.