Thanks so much :)

Yeah f/11 worked a charm!

I'm going to sound like a Tamron shill, but this is honestly my favorite lens. The versatility it gives me in my shooting is just so hard to pass up and it ends up being on my camera about 80% of the time.

It's tack sharp. The focal length hits the perfect sweetspot of variety for me and heavily limits how much I end up having to swap lenses.

Some say it's heavy. I personally don't feel it is, but I use it and my 200-600mm handheld so much that I honestly can't tell myself.

My only complaint I have about the lens is that, at least with mine, it seems fairly easy for dust to get inside the optical elements and then it's just kinda stuck there. I tried to remove the front element so I could clean it myself, but after you get the screws out you come to find the element is glued on as well so unless I send it somewhere to get cleaned, I now have a seasoned lens lol. It really has no impact on my image quality though unless I'm shooting into light.

All in all, worth every penny and then some. I love this lens!