More Birds

jbr13

jbr13

www.jbr.smugmug.com
Here are a few more bird photos.



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Enjoy
 
Katelin

Katelin

one day the dark will end
I agree w/ Dems... I adore the titmouse....Awesome job!!
What are you shooting with (lens)..
thanks for posting and sharing them!!!
:buddies:
 
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dems4me

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Katelin said:
I agree w/ Dems... I adore the titmouse....Awesome job!!
What are you shooting with (lens)..
thanks for posting and sharing them!!!
:buddies:
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Hey! We agree! :huggy: Have a good New Years!! :huggy: :smile:

BTW, what kind of bush or young tree was those taken on. It looks like its ready to sprout soon. :clap:
 
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jwilley

jwilley

Walker
Beautiful Pictures

Just love your pictures. Would you share what kind of camera you are using with us. I am looking to purchase a better camera as I enjoy taking pictures of the birds also but mine don't even come close to yours. Thanks!
 
jbr13

jbr13

www.jbr.smugmug.com
jwilley said:
Just love your pictures. Would you share what kind of camera you are using with us. I am looking to purchase a better camera as I enjoy taking pictures of the birds also but mine don't even come close to yours. Thanks!
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Thank you very much for the compliment! I don't say this to be cocky or a jerk, but just getting a good DSLR or a top of the line DSLR will not make your photos turn out like you see in magazines or from other series photographers. If you are using a point and shoot in auto mode, and switch to a DSLR and use it in auto mode, you are not going to gain much. DSLR cameras turn out better photos because you can control more in taking the photo. For example: For these images I was around 10 feet away from my subjects. I shot in Manual mode. I used a flash for fill light, because it wasn't as sunny as it seems in these image. I choose to use an aperture of F6.3 to give me the depth of focus to get the entire bird in focus, but yet the background would blur. This helps the bird pop out of the background better. I then spot metered the scene to determine that at F6.3 I could use a shutter speed of aruond 1/1000th of a second. This was good, because I was using a 300mm lens, I knew if I didn't have a shutter speed of at least 1/500th, I would have a chance of getting blur from hand holding the camera. Since the sun was partially out I used a daylight white balance, I tried cloudy, but it made the photos look to warm, or a little to yellowish.
I aslo had to play some with the flash when I tested it. I had to but the fill flash up +2 stops. These were the things that really made my bird photos turn out as well as they did! Knowing your camera, how to use it, and what your controls do makes the biggest differance.

The short answer:
For those photos I was using my D300S with a 300mm lens.

A D300S is a 12.3 megapixel camera. Image quality is better with a DSLR, but there are plenty of point and shoot cameras that are higher, and have more zoom than a 300mm lens. A 300mm lens is somewhere around the same as a 15X zoom I would guess.

Hope this helps and looking forward to seeing some photos of yours soon on the forum!
 
jwilley

jwilley

Walker
Thanks

Thanks so much for your input jbr. I'll try to get some pictures posted in the near future after I read my camera manual and play a bit more with it. Look forward to seeing more of your pictures!
 
jbr13

jbr13

www.jbr.smugmug.com
jwilley said:
Thanks so much for your input jbr. I'll try to get some pictures posted in the near future after I read my camera manual and play a bit more with it. Look forward to seeing more of your pictures!
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JWilley, Great first step! Learn and enjoy the camera!

Here is a link to another thread here on the forum. It has tons of useful information, hope some of it will make your learning a little easier!
 
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