Beginner Beginner photos.

Yep your'e starting to blur out the background, if you can I would lift the shadows on the flowers and darken the background down a bit, on the one of your lad the white object is distracting it instantly draws your eye away from the subject, an I would rotate it slightly to level the fence off. Have you tried cropping it down?
 
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Hi tony,

Yes I see what your saying about the white buckets in the background. The tree is planned anywhere as I've been improving the whole garden. The shaded side is getting a column cherry and some large ferns which will hopefully create some different levels and perches. I will try the stick through the feeder and see what it attracts.

Do you have a preference when it comes to using your camera in M mode?? I recall 1/500 what ISO would go along with this?


Cheers Craig
 
Lovely pictures btw I can only hope. Never seen the top one before. Saying that I haven't had a Chaffinch or bullfinch before and there suppose to be common. [emoji1745]
 
It wasn't the buckets but whatever was below your lad, settings are an odd one and tend to be down to individuals, yes I use Manual, I try for about 1/500 and lock my dial that fixes the aperture at about f7, I then keep and eye on the ISO set at auto, and vary the speed to try and keep it at the correct exposure, but obviously the lower the ISO the bettter. All my photos on flickr have the exposure figures on show aa well as the F setting and ISO. I do use neat image to treat any noise, it is available as a free download.
 
You will get there, don't get disheartened, we have all at one stage or another been at a simiar position.
 
Thanks again I will try some different settings tomorrow.
Just realised I said the top one of your pictures I meant the marsh tit [emoji849].
Yes I see what your saying with the picture of the boy, i never cropped it I need to learn how to do all of that on Flickr.
 
i don’t know what Nikon comes with, but Canons comes with editing software.
 
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Been out and about to sowerby house near Bridlington and also in my garden. Feedback greatly appreciated.DSC_0954.jpgDSC_0963.jpgDSC_0988.jpgDSC_0973.jpgDSC_0938.jpgDSC_0929.jpgDSC_0933.jpgDSC_0916.jpgDSC_0906.jpgDSC_0900.jpgDSC_0959.jpg
 

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If you have bird feeders in your garden, you could set your camera up, focus around the feeder and use a remote shutter.(y)

(Been meaning to do this myself, but I'm too lazy to set it up).
 
The pictures all look a bit soft to me but this could be a result of the mangling that happens when you post pictures here.

Is anyone else seeing this?

BTW.
I really like that B&W picture of the little boy. The colour one too. Well done :D
 
My take on this

1.You NEED a longer lens 500-600mm at the long end
2, your shutter speeds seem to be too slow
3. your aperture needs to be around f8
4. you NEED an image editing suite

heres what I get using the above
DSC01563 Wren with food for the nest by Les Moxon, on Flickr

above all practise practise practise

Les :)

I used to live In Bridlington
 
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