advice please

[9f/dave]

can i have some advice on these two shots. I know what i wanted, i sort of got it equipment used Nikon D700 with sigma 150-600mm

 

[davholla]

What settings did you use?

 

[9f/dave]

What settings did you use?

i hope this helps

F stop - F6.3

focal length - 600mm

shutter - 1/320 sec

ISO - 640

 

[davholla]

i hope this helps

F stop - F6.3

focal length - 600mm

shutter - 1/320 sec

ISO - 640

I think the shutter is quite slow and might explain why the seagull is not sharper.
I took this at 1/400 and
a) there were a lot of photos that were blurry
b) I tried to lean on something to overcome the shake
c) It was very dark so I had to.

EF7A8432-CR2_DxO_DeepPRIMECockoftherock by davholla2002, on Flickr

Now your camera is old so it can't give you decent photos with the same ISOs as mine but you can probably get to 1600 or 3200 without problems see this review

Nikon D4, D3 (D700), D800, D7000 and Canon 5D, 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III and Fuji X-Pro 1 and X100 High ISO Sample Image Comparison

Also you can buy DXO to get rid of noise.
So try with higher shutter speeds and if you can't support yourself. Also - and I know this is not easy - get closer.