
Originally Posted by
Steve Kaluski
Thanks Artie. In answer to your question, according to the Exif data I was 5.2m away, 17.6 ft in old money, I doubt I could achieve the whole perch in focus, nor would I. Subject is appropriately six inches high.
Now, the perch is like a right angle and so the LH part is more to camera and slightly angled down. So I would have liked just a little more DoF on the subject (f/8) and just to have the perch also a fraction more in focus, but letting the larger clump of moss LHS going out of focus, almost as is, NOT everything in focus. So, with hindsight instead of putting the focus point on the eye, probably positioning it more on the shoulder or wing probably would have been better, therefore having 1/3 in focus at the front, 2/3 back?
Would welcome you reply Artie.