Birds in the garden

tarik2d · 21 May 2009

Hi All,

First time posting a photo on here, and i am new to DSLR's so please tell me what you think and any hints and tips on how to take bird photos are more than welcome

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Also does anyone know how to get Nikons NEF codec to work a 64 bits operating system?

purpleclouds · 21 May 2009

I actually really like the jackdaw shot, the white background makes it studio-esque and therefore different! Well done

tarik2d · 21 May 2009

purpleclouds said:
I actually really like the jackdaw shot, the white background makes it studio-esque and therefore different! Well done

Thanks

i'm having trouble getting detail in the shots i take, not sure what i'm doing wrong yet

Martyn... · 21 May 2009

tarik2d said:
Thanks i'm having trouble getting detail in the shots i take, not sure what i'm doing wrong yet

On small subjects use 'Spot Metering"

Get the light behind, or behind and to the side of you.

f11 is getting close to the diffraction limit, personally I would not go smaller than f8, this allows you to either drop the ISO or increase shutter speed.

Just a bit of fine tuning and practice to be honest, the jackdaw is lovely and sharp, the sparrow is backlit which is the reason for lack of detail.

I think you are using a 70-300 zoom, at maximum 300mm, try dropping back a touch from the maximum to 270mm see if things improve, I used to have the 80-400, and always got better results at 350mm than 400mm

tarik2d · 21 May 2009

Cheers Martyn, i'll look up on spot metering and see how to use it

thats a great help though

yeah i was prob using it 300mm

Martyn... · 21 May 2009

tarik2d said:
Cheers Martyn, i'll look up on spot metering and see how to use it thats a great help though yeah i was prob using it 300mm

Switch on the back to the right of the view finder (AE-L AF-L Button) turn to the 'dot' bottom position.

toonamp · 21 May 2009

A nice start Tarik

and good advice too, welcome to posting, hope to see many more.

tarik2d · 21 May 2009

Martyn... said:
Switch on the back to the right of the view finder (AE-L AF-L Button) turn to the 'dot' bottom position.

Cheers for that, i tried it this afternoon and it gives more contrast

it works better

tarik2d · 21 May 2009

toonamp said:
A nice start Tarik and good advice too, welcome to posting, hope to see many more.

Thank toonamp

hopefully they will get better

u8myufo · 21 May 2009

Two good first shots tarik :clap:

As mentioned the Jackdaw came out well.

tarik2d · 21 May 2009

u8myufo said:
Two good first shots tarik As mentioned the Jackdaw came out well.

thanks

i've got some time off work, well some perminant time off work so wanting to get into my photography, learn how to do it all. going to get my self a tripod tomorrow or at weekend and got my camera backpack on order nice and cheap from ebay

so all i need is nice weather and i'm all ready for some mini adventures