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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cab1024" data-source="post: 1506350" data-attributes="member: 25012">I got my Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens on Friday and took these shots on Saturday. First off I'm blown away by this lens. The detail and clarity is amazing, as is the the color saturation and vividness.But, I was shocked by some of the unexpectedly weird effects I saw in the bokeh. It was very distracting, not at all buttery, and just plain weird. I found a technical explanation on <a href="http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1031&message=26712458" target="_blank">DPreview</a> that makes sense, but I'm wondering if other people have noticed it, or if you find it as aesthetically unpleasing as I do.From what I saw on my first day of use was that this mostly occurs with grass, or any long hard-edged thing in the background. Anyway. Here are a few samples. What do you think? Have you seen this before? Does it bother you in your own photos? What can I do to minimize it? And what do you think of the explanation from DPreview?</blockquote>