The baby of the big goose. This little one's eye is not nearly as clear as the adult's. Guessing I wasn't focused in the right spot, although I can't imagine having my focus point on any spot other than its eye. The other possibility is that I wasn't 100% still. That's actually most likely.
@frankhymus So! I've run this thru my standard LR workflow plus a few Tone adjustments. Then over to PS to remove an obnoxious piece of grass from his backside. Those were the easy parts. I added the Radial Filter adjustment on the eye, playing with a few options to get the best result I thought possible.
I would say that you did everything right and he just blinked.
Looks good - but maybe try holding the shutter down for a few frames to eliminate the blinking potential.
@farmreporter I did a couple clicks. Thinking the angle of the light wasn't great or that I just wasn't still enough. Probably wasn't still enough! I really struggle with focusing issues.
@shesnapped I still think it was the baby and not your focus because everything else is in focus. His eyes seem a bit weepy - he may have a bit of irritation in them or is tired, or something,
But I think that your technique is good.
When you are in Photoshop, you do all your edits on a separate layer I trust? That way it's easy to back out of them, and for sharpening, blur, tone adjustment and the like, and any of the filters including Camera Raw, you can crank them all up to where they might be overdone by themselves, and then adjust the opacity down from 100%. For tone, sharpening and the filters, of course duplicate the background.
@farmreporter Thank you Wendy. Maybe you're right. I suspect you know a lot more about the creatures than I do, so I'm going to take your word on that and quit beating myself up for it! :-)
Looks good - but maybe try holding the shutter down for a few frames to eliminate the blinking potential.
But I think that your technique is good.