My bird shots are just horrible! I need some help!

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Mike D90

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mikew said:

Are you using view NX,mine created a folder Nikon transfer in my pictures and automatically puts raw files in there
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I installed it last night. It is kind of nice piece of software but, to me as of now, a little confusing. I will figure it out. I plan to buy Lightroom when I can afford to let go of $150

Marcel said:
There is one thing that some people forget about VR usage. It is written in the lenses manuals that when you use VR, you have to half press the shutter and wait for the image to stabilize. If you're too fast just pressing the shutter without the little wait, you could get that fuzziness. It is written that it's normal with VR to see some jarred movement in the viewfinder while the VR adjusts itself.

​You might have found part of your problem here.
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I am gonna find out real soon! Today is over cast and not many birds at my feeders for some reason. I am off Tuesday and Wednesday and will have all day to do some shooting.
 
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Browncoat

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As a former D90 owner, I can tell you that it's an awesome camera, but it's total crap at high ISO. Throwing long zooms into the mix certainly isn't helping, either.

Something you said earlier in this thread is like a splinter in my mind, so I have to ask: did you visit the D90 page on Ken Rockwell's site and use it as a template for your camera settings?
 
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Mike D90

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Browncoat said:
Something you said earlier in this thread is like a splinter in my mind, so I have to ask: did you visit the D90 page on Ken Rockwell's site and use it as a template for your camera settings?
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At first I did but I am now using different settings. I am learning a few things about Ken Rockwell :tennis:
 
Browncoat

Browncoat

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It's been awhile, but if I remember right, anything above ISO 800 was very grainy.

And yes, purge that KR stuff from your system. I think the pharmacy has a drink mix that will help with that.
 
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Mike D90

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Well, lets see if I have learned something.

I got a few minutes of half decent sunlight before the clouds came in this morning. It is mostly overcast now.

I did some of the adjustments to settings as advised.

Here is what I got today. I think it is a drastic improvement over what I had before.

Here are the cropped versions



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weebee

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With the background not in focus this works to some degree. I think you cropped a touch to much IMHO. But, this is a definate improvement. Good job!
 
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weebee

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Mike d90 said:
Cropped too much that they are not as pleasing of a composition or that it has degraded the image quality?
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Your image quality is fine. Just too tight a crop. It is a "taste" sort of thing. So don't go by just by my opinion on this. I like more background on what I shoot is all.
 
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Mike D90

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Rodbender said:
Edited my post btw you sound angry lighten up
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No no! Not angry, trying to determine what you meant if to blow the highlights or avoid blowing them. I was confused as to what you meant. Not angry at all. Just listening and using the advice I get here but want to make sure it was what was intended.

I have been reading that you do not want to blow out the highlights as you cannot get the detail back.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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@Mike d90 You are doing much better. Cropping can be a great tool and is something you have to be careful with so you don't lose to much detail. Your crops were well within reason so no problem there. Cropping or framing a shot is very personal and really varies between people. I like tight framing on some subjects and more background on others. Do what you think looks best.
 
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