Birds A white wagtail (f)

[Jabo]

 

[iain clyne]

Jan, that looks like a Juvenile pied wagtail to me. Nice shot.

 

[Deleted Member 5003]

Nice composition Jan ,
focus plane maybe a little off on the rebar upright at the birds feet...?

 

[Jabo]

Jan, that looks like a Juvenile pied wagtail to me. Nice shot.

iain, I think you are right !!

 

[Jabo]

Nice composition Jan ,
focus plane maybe a little off on the rebar upright at the birds feet...?

Thanks Ray. I'm not quite sure what you mean with focus plane a little off on the rebar. English is not my native language . Do you mean that the exact focus area is on the rebar and not on the bird?

 

[Deleted Member 5003]

Hi Jan,

Just an observation that the upright between the birds feet seems to be in focus and slightly in front of the

Main bird where there is a little softness on the feathers.

It's a difficult shot if you are not using spot focus. Wide and/or zone focussing will probably pick up focus on the fence element

and if your depth of field is narrow will lead to softening of the feather detail.

Just a point of interest and not at all / intended to be critical of your work.

 

[Jabo]

Hi Ray ... thank you for your update. I agree with you about the exact focus point is at the rebar. I'm sure i did not use spot focus, which normally is my choise. But sometimes you try something else. I always listen to positive feedback, thank you for that.

 

[Deleted Member 5003]

Hi Ray ... thank you for your update. I agree with you about the exact focus point is at the rebar. I'm sure i did not use spot focus, which normally is my choise. But sometimes you try something else. I always listen to positive feedback, thank you for that.

Thanks Jan......in my shooting i always have in the back of my mind the sony wide/zoom focus algorithm of focussing on the subject at center or foremost in the frame and in shots with any level of foreground clutter in the VF i will always default to spot focussing to avoid focus drifting off from the eye of my subject. If however you have bird AI set that should overide the center/foreground algorithm and focus on your subject directly.

I find its worth keeping the above in mind, and i remind myself of this constantly in shooting, to avoid missing focus on those critical shots........