No. The guy had a Nikon D4S with a Nikon 24-70/2.8 lens attached!
Yes, I have applied some Gaussian blur to the image. I only had a .6 nd filter with me which was not sufficient because of extreme sunlight.
I generally, have not found the need to go beyond f2.8 for such shots. Usually f1.4 or f2.0 is where I am at.
What use a fast lens, if one uses it stopped down? Lens performance at f/1.4 and below is what separates lenses in price. F/5.6 and above, all lenses start looking the same.
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