Mixed bathing

[John Robinson]

Stock Doves bathing
I,ve done a tremendous amout of multi image focus stacking over the past two years with macro and plants etc, but you don't get the chance to do it with birds very often. Its about as difficult as 3D
These two sat very still for a while being the skittish birds that they are so it gave me the chance to do some dickie stacking.
Only two pics though. Hand blended. I tried CZM but seemed to get better results this way. I used to get stacks of these birds downatthe quarry pool but lately they,ve gone really scarce.Many of the pgeon tribe tend tp bathe in pairs.
D200 Sigma 50-500
125th @f8
400ISO
About 60% of full frame. and a bit of a diffcult one to stack. Any suggestons welcome.
Thanks for Yellow hammer interest. Appreciated.
JohnR

[Diane Miller]

Great title! The stack looks great and natural. Excellent detail in the birds.

Don't know how you feel about "squarified" images, but this might be interesting with a little off the top and both edges.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Diane
I quite like square crops but many don't. I'll do one in a while.
Thanks
John

[Lyle Gruby]

Blending is excellent, I personally like the comp. Great detail on the birds. The FG and BG is just a bit too busy for my tastes.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent bathing image. Superb IQ, beautiful colors, great details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
Satish
Got your PM. Will E mail you with details tomorrow !!
John

[John Robinson]

Repost for Diane
Cheers
JohnR

[Diane Miller]

I like it! Could be cropped even a little more from the top and left to get rid of the light tan areas. Maybe from the bottom to get rid of the OOF flower.