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Newbie here.
I'm a keen bird photographer - started on a 30x zoom bridge camera and then a few months ago upgraded to my first DSLR, a Nikon D3400 and got the 55-300mm lens to go with it.
I've been getting to grips with the camera and feel that I understand what all the settings do and what situations to broadly increase/reduce them in, but feel I now want to understand the finer details and how to really get the image that I want.
How do you approach improving? Is it best to seek out a formal course? Or are there good internet guides or books?
Is there a limit to how good an image taken on a D3400 will be? I see some stunning images on Flickr I'd die to take, but when I nosy at their equipment they are taken on £3k worth of Canon 5D + telephoto lens or similar, which I will just never be able to afford!
I don't want to win any global competitions or anything but I do want to capture birds as I saw them in that moment, to take home with me as memories, if that makes sense.
Any advice appreciated
I'm a keen bird photographer - started on a 30x zoom bridge camera and then a few months ago upgraded to my first DSLR, a Nikon D3400 and got the 55-300mm lens to go with it.
I've been getting to grips with the camera and feel that I understand what all the settings do and what situations to broadly increase/reduce them in, but feel I now want to understand the finer details and how to really get the image that I want.
How do you approach improving? Is it best to seek out a formal course? Or are there good internet guides or books?
Is there a limit to how good an image taken on a D3400 will be? I see some stunning images on Flickr I'd die to take, but when I nosy at their equipment they are taken on £3k worth of Canon 5D + telephoto lens or similar, which I will just never be able to afford!
I don't want to win any global competitions or anything but I do want to capture birds as I saw them in that moment, to take home with me as memories, if that makes sense.
Any advice appreciated