~ These two images were shot using the Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZE mounted on the EOS 1D X camera…they were shot at contrasting apertures, f/9 and f/2, in order to see which was more effective in conveying the scene…in this case the f/9 seemed preferable, with clear resolution of the text—Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet—and my vocabulary notes, a lifelong habit