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Aug 7, 2023 12:16:20   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.


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Aug 7, 2023 12:22:24   #
NMGal Loc: NE NM
 
Still looks good.

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Aug 7, 2023 12:29:10   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
bajadreamer wrote:
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Ta... (show quote)


Looks good to me.

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Aug 7, 2023 12:31:42   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
An excellent result!

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Aug 7, 2023 22:47:14   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
A beautiful image.

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Aug 8, 2023 04:43:27   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
bajadreamer wrote:
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Ta... (show quote)


Great shot!

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Aug 8, 2023 11:02:11   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
Although I don't shoot birds, I can well understand your thoughts. Even if you have a pix focused on the tail that will not align in the stack, it is still possible to use it by copying that tail with the selection tool, and pasting into this picture. You would probably have to clone out the edge of the out of focus tail first. I do this sort of thing all the time with pictures of insects, where depth of focus is always an issue.

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Aug 8, 2023 16:06:44   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
bajadreamer wrote:
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Ta... (show quote)



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Aug 8, 2023 16:17:02   #
prcb1949 Loc: Ex Zimbabwe - Now UK
 
bajadreamer wrote:
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Ta... (show quote)


Lovely shot !

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Aug 8, 2023 16:54:44   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
bajadreamer wrote:
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Ta... (show quote)


Awesome 🩶🤍⭐🤍🩶

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Aug 8, 2023 23:04:34   #
Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY
 
bajadreamer wrote:
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Ta... (show quote)


That’s a very good one, Baja!

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Aug 11, 2023 16:08:49   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
Nice capture

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Aug 11, 2023 17:02:41   #
jrvinson45 Loc: Buckeye, AZ
 
Great image! Great postp! Love it.

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Aug 12, 2023 00:08:34   #
clickety
 
bajadreamer wrote:
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Taken in dark (raining) conditions I needed a high ISO and wide aperture (although I could have come down from 5.6), with the bird sitting almost parallel to my lens, I could not get the DOF needed to keep the entire bird in focus. This bird was sitting still enough that, had I been quicker, could have shot a series of shots bracketing the focus and then stacked them in PS, but unless I am specifically thinking about doing something like that (or exposure bracketing) I miss the opportunity. Once the moment is gone, it is gone.
Cropped from L and bottom for composition. Bird brought up slightly and BG brought down slightly. Limb across the top of the frame cloned out at 50% opacity Clone Stamp.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 off a tripod. SS 1/320, f/5.6, ISO 10,000.
This is a Yellow-thighed Finch from Costa Rica. Ta... (show quote)


The image looks good, wet feathers show less detail masking your depth issue. If I may make a suggestion, Try orienting portrait and crop in from both sides until just eliminating the rain streaks where they meet the top of the branch on each side. This draws attention to great focus of the eye and head and IMHO makes a very strong image.

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Aug 12, 2023 09:49:57   #
bajadreamer Loc: Baja California Sur
 
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Although I don't shoot birds, I can well understand your thoughts. Even if you have a pix focused on the tail that will not align in the stack, it is still possible to use it by copying that tail with the selection tool, and pasting into this picture. You would probably have to clone out the edge of the out of focus tail first. I do this sort of thing all the time with pictures of insects, where depth of focus is always an issue.


Thank you for your thoughts. I too have done this. The difference for me though is that if I set it to focus bracket, the camera does it automatically and very fast (depending on SS). Otherwise I have to manually change my spot focus location (one on the eye and a second (or more) on the tail and body.

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