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My first attempts at a bird picture

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OP Alan Sh Senior Member • Posts: 2,774
Re: My first attempts at a bird picture

baobob wrote:

For the first trial, excelent ! May be a bit of PP to get more light.

In my (now rather long experience) 1/1000 sec is a good choice. leave the 70-300mm at 6.3 at 300mm to get more light.

get the remmendations of Morris for BIF posted a few months ago. Bird recognition is ok if light and contrast are good. Using simple AFC, big single point or zone 3*3 is better when light conditions are not good.

With training and experience with the T5 you can expect 50% tack sharp keepers (same than my XH2).

Try to find what is the best method for you (eye recognition or simple AFC), the best settings in terms of ergonomics and results.

Bird recognition makes life easier and more comfortable, but is in no way compulsory when conditions for its use are not good.

Bon courage !

Bob

Thanks Bob. Yours are good - and gives me something to aim for.

I did have it set to a 3 x 3 grid with bird recognition, not eye focus. It seemed to work about 80% of the time (there were some OOF birds, not sure why), so I will probably carry on doing that.

I had it on AF-C with focus priority and used the CL setting using Electronic Shutter.

A lot of what I discarded were just duplicates of the best in the group. And I haven't finished going through to find 'interesting' shots - although I do like the one of the bird with the mouldy bread.

Alan

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