nikonateer wrote:
Someone may be able to explain how to achieve a photo of both the grass and the distant background in focus by taking two photos, one with the grass in sharp focus and another with the background focused, then layer them in PP to get that effect. I would explain it but haven't figured that out well enough yet myself, but I think it can be done. Anyone??
It's called 'focus stacking' but you would have to sacrifice the birds - really can't have much movement in a two+ image you're going to stack. The grass could still show movement which is a good way to show that the wind is blowing while everything else stays still. Here is a link that explains it well:
You can shoot several images at different distances between you and infinity at less than max aperture to avoid lens aberrations, stacking as many images as is required to build up to one totally focused image.