Removal of galaxies in the cluster redshift regime from the galaxy locus at magnitudes of 24.2 < V₆₀₆ < 27.0. Left: cut in the VIJ plane to remove galaxies with photometric redshifts 1.2 ≲ z ≲ 1.7 according to the catalogues by Skelton et al. (2014) (that is galaxies in the regime of cluster redshifts of the sample studied here), illustrated for galaxies from the GOODS-South field with photometry from Skelton et al. (2014). Red and purple symbols roughly correspond to galaxies in the cluster redshift regime. Right: redshift distribution of galaxies in our chosen galaxy locus from the five CANDELS/3D-HST fields.