Sigma 100-400 OS C @160mm, f8, Nikon D750 Late morning (November)
Nikkor 24-70/2.8 S @58mm, f2.8, Photomatix merge (3exp., 1.3EV range), Nikon Z 6 Late afternoon (two hours before sunset), front-lit, wild seedling apple. A faster aperture wasn’t a factor here (besides the f2.8 was needed to cover most of the tree with focus), it was the perspective (58 mm). Eyeworth Wood
Nikkor 24-70/2.8 S @63mm, f2.8, Nikon Z 6 Noon, Kingley Vale