\begin{table}%t2 \par \caption {\label{masks}Characteristics of the images used to produce the foreground object's mask for each cluster field.} %\centerline {\begin{tabular}{llllllll} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} Cluster & Instrument and reference & Filter & Exposure time & Depth (5$\sigma$, AB) & Mask area $6\arcmin \times 6\arcmin$, & $2.2\arcmin\times2.2\arcmin$, & $0.85\arcmin \times0.85\arcmin$ \\ \hline Abell 1689 & ISAAC/VLT \citet{Moorwood97} & SZ & 14.4 ks & 26.0 & 7\% & 12\% & 10\% \\ Abell 1835 & FORS/VLT \citet{Appenzeller} & V & 19.6 ks & 27.0 & 6\% & 10\% & 8\% \\ AC114 & SOFI/NTT \citet{Moorwood98} & K & 10.8 ks & 22.0 & 6\% & 9\% & 7\% \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{The three last columns representing the fractional surface area covered by the foreground galaxies in each cluster, for the three reference field of view, EMIR-like, JWST-like and NICMOS-like respectively.} \end{table}