Hi Jon, nice capture of the species and I like the perch and complementary background. I might go f/5.6 on this, but negilable, not higher,as the DoF would just swallow up the rain, however if possible going less on the SS ie 1/60 - 1/200 as this will then dictate the type of rain falling ie streaks or drops, but stick it on a solid mount, non of this HH bit
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Yes wouldn't argue.
I know you like to push what the IS hype says, but here I would go for a support.
Oh ye have little faith, for the moment I strongly disagree.
Overall a bit too much yellow I think and if you are playing with Contrast, Texture and for Clarity I might rebalance. Texture & Clarity work in different ways and so you need to be aware of how they work and how it affects things, as you can easily compound things and why this may be illustrated in the Contrast range within the image?
Perhaps something like this Jon, where everything is a little more softer in it's
look & feel, just a thought.
I see what you are getting at, I will make a repost.
TFS
Steve