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SamAdele New here Registered: March 2012 Location: Caton, Lancaster - Lancashire Posts: 28	Taken at Leighton Moss. My best photo so far of a bird
	· Date: Wed March 14, 2012 · Views: 122 · Filesize: 102.2kb, 102.3kb · Dimensions: 683 x 1024 ·
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dabhand16

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Registered: June 2006
Location: Dunstable Bedfordshire UK
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Wed March 14, 2012 5:55pm

This picture could be sharper. At 300mm focal length you ought to be using at least 1/500th second, so it is probably camera shake. You have -2EV and are using 1/125. Zero EV and 1/500th will give the same exposure but you should not get the camera shake. A smaller aperture will also give you a greater depth of field so that all of the bird would be in focus too. This will mean either having to reduce the shutter speed - not ideal if you are having difficulty in holding the camera steady, or increasing the ISO. (All of this is assuming that your lens is not stabilised). As you are already using 800 ISO this will probably give you noise issues. To improve on this work on improving your technique in holding the camera steady and using the correct settings.

If you have cropped this image it will exacerbate any faults in the picture.

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SamAdele
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Registered: March 2012
Location: Caton, Lancaster - Lancashire
Posts: 28

Wed March 14, 2012 7:54pm

Hi Graham. Thank you again for your comments. I have written down what you said and no my lens isn't stabilised. I will keep practising! Thank you

Boofers

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Wed March 14, 2012 8:46pm

This is a beautiful bird. Graham really gave you some good advice. I might have messed this all up in photoshop as I love RAw and the adjustments that teach you things you should do without photoshop. DEoes that make sence, welcome to pixalo

SamAdele
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Registered: March 2012
Location: Caton, Lancaster - Lancashire
Posts: 28

Wed March 14, 2012 11:42pm

Graham has been really helpful! I have just started in RAW and wish i had done when i shot this! Thank you

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