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Birds at the local canal and nature reserve

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Re: Birds at the local canal and nature reserve
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Great work! It's also a good example of  how good the XF100-400mm can be!

Antique Eruption wrote:

Worth mentioning that the choice of wide apertures and close-ish proximity has of course led to OOF areas on the birds. I like the effect, but it probably isn't for everyone.

I often hear this and like you, I'm of the opinion that as long as the head, beak and eye are sharp - this is usually where we look at a bird photograph and it's composed well - then I'm not usually bothered about wings, legs trailing out of the depth of field. It's a very fine line between closing the aperture down to get front to back subject depth of field to also making foreground and background distractions more problematic.

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