Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> wrote/replied to: > >Yes, it's interesting to see both together (from an ecological record >viewpoint) but as a photo 1 + 1 has made for me less than 1. The >problem for me is that the long lens has flattened the perspective and >I'm guessing the aperture was less than maximum so the depth clues are >lost. Haing two birds so far apart which one is in focus? Both are >a little soft (hand held) - oh, maybe not ... the stump the egret (?) >stands on is sharp. See the rearmost bird is slightly out of focus, difficult to see in a small web image for sure. I do have photos of these two alone, many of them are much better images than this one. But I do like the balance and how they appear close together. My problem was trying to get them both in focus. I took some with the rear bird in focus, some with the front bird, and some I managed to almost get both sharp. Perhaps what I've learned here is to let the rearmost bird go out of focus, as you say to give more depth. Thanks for the insight Bob, I'll work on these things more. The Nightheron by the way is a most interesting and beautiful bird. He leaps straight into the water for prey, then somehow leaps straight back out. Sometimes. I caught him once when he got more than a little wet, but emerged with a minnow in his beak. I may put up this entire series, what do you think? Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/
