This shot was taken during a late night trek of mine around the city. I just had to test the Tokina 11-16 during nighttime and boy what an experience !
I already knew that this baby stopped down to F/8 in long exposures gives superb clarity, detail and color saturation. But I had to do some testing wide open at night by dragging the shutter, and so I did.

The result was surprising clear images with lots of detail at around 85% of the frame and supreme color as well. I tried a couple shots as well with my Nikon 18-55 VR but hands down Tokina delivered a much better image every time. And a wider angle of course

So no surprise that the more I use it the more I get addicted to it

More images from this lens coming soon so stay tuned. ..

This is one of the first “real” photographs that I took with my new Tokina 11-16 F2.8 which I must admin is one of the most difficult lenses I have ever owned, even harder than the Tamron 90mm Macro.

Although I am still trying to get the hang of it, I decided to share my efforts with you

This scene was captured on my way back to Kavala, after the usual Sunday photo walk.

Now, the more I use this lens, the more I begin to realize that is extremely sharp for it’s kind and also that it delivers ultra saturated colors out of the box., which I adore since I am a huge fan of saturated colors in general.

Be warned though that sometimes Lightroom 2.5 will desaturate / mute,  or even alter the colors when you import your RAW files, an issue which is said will be corrected in the long awaited V3.

Stay tuned as I post more photos and experiences regarding this great lens.