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<blockquote data-quote="topgunwghs" data-source="post: 106563" data-attributes="member: 12468">Took a few more today and I sure did get LUCKY!!..I spent about an hour perfecting a shot with an American Dipper, I took about 50 and ended up with this shot and one other, the fact is the bird was probably about 6ft. away.&nbsp; So, obviously I managed to get a great shot, but this one is better than the others I think since the whole body is in focus.[ATTACH]24962[/ATTACH]1/800F/5.6800Then after an hour of that I headed back across the field and placed the camera in the car, took off the gloves and just before I closed the door I was compelled to look back at the field again...[ATTACH]24963[/ATTACH]1/1000F/5.6200[ATTACH]24964[/ATTACH]1/400F/9200[ATTACH]24965[/ATTACH]1/640F/7.1200All images have been cropped and sharpened and lack that PUNCH of natural SHARPNESS that the dipper has.I tried shutter priority/Aperture priority, playing with the wheel the whole time, all free hand VR 300mm... Is it just the lens &quot;maxing out&quot; or what could I have done to get a clear, crisp entire body or at least face and beautiful fur shot, from the distance of about 40yards?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="topgunwghs, post: 106563, member: 12468"] Took a few more today and I sure did get LUCKY!!.. I spent about an hour perfecting a shot with an American Dipper, I took about 50 and ended up with this shot and one other, the fact is the bird was probably about 6ft. away. So, obviously I managed to get a great shot, but this one is better than the others I think since the whole body is in focus. [ATTACH=CONFIG]24962._xfImport[/ATTACH] 1/800 F/5.6 800 Then after an hour of that I headed back across the field and placed the camera in the car, took off the gloves and just before I closed the door I was compelled to look back at the field again... [ATTACH=CONFIG]24963._xfImport[/ATTACH] 1/1000 F/5.6 200 [ATTACH=CONFIG]24964._xfImport[/ATTACH] 1/400 F/9 200 [ATTACH=CONFIG]24965._xfImport[/ATTACH] 1/640 F/7.1 200 All images have been cropped and sharpened and lack that PUNCH of natural SHARPNESS that the dipper has. I tried shutter priority/Aperture priority, playing with the wheel the whole time, all free hand VR 300mm... Is it just the lens "maxing out" or what could I have done to get a clear, crisp entire body or at least face and beautiful fur shot, from the distance of about 40yards? [/QUOTE]

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