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<blockquote data-quote="Mike D90" data-source="post: 242683" data-attributes="member: 17556"><p>Well, I may just be the man to help you here.</p><p></p><p>I fought with this myself as seen in my thread. I urge you to read it and read closely the advice given me in that thread. I took that advice.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://nikonites.com/wild-life/17882-my-bird-shots-just-horrible-i-need-some-help.html" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/wild-life/17882-my-bird-shots-just-horrible-i-need-some-help.html</a></p><p></p><p>Please post the settings you use to shoot birds and I bet you I can help you a lot.</p><p></p><p></p><p>To start with I will offer this:</p><p></p><p>- Even with a 55-300mm lens you need to be within 20 or 30 yards of the bird if it is a large bird. Small birds you need to be within 15 feet. If you cant come close to filling the viewfinder with the birds body you won't be able to crop close enough to make the shot look good.</p><p></p><p>- Back your zoom off a little. Don't zoom all the way to 300mm. Use it at 280mm or 275mm instead. Makes a difference.</p><p></p><p>- Use Single Point Auto Focus set to AF-C (continuous). Forget the Dynamic or 3D tracking stuff.</p><p></p><p>- Use at least f6.7 and f/8 is better still. </p><p></p><p>- Shutter speed should not drop below 1/1000th second. Use camera in Aperture Priority set to f/8 and set ISO to 800 or even 1600 and then set the shutter speed to not go below 1/1000th.</p><p></p><p>- If shooting a white bird against a dark background use -1 EV exposure compensation. If shooting against a blue or bright sky set +1.5 or even +2 EV exposure compensation.</p><p></p><p>- Almost all photos will need some post process adjustment. Adjust levels, saturation, contrast, shadows and add some kind of sharpening. I use Light Room and Photoshop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike D90, post: 242683, member: 17556"] Well, I may just be the man to help you here. I fought with this myself as seen in my thread. I urge you to read it and read closely the advice given me in that thread. I took that advice. [URL]http://nikonites.com/wild-life/17882-my-bird-shots-just-horrible-i-need-some-help.html[/URL] Please post the settings you use to shoot birds and I bet you I can help you a lot. To start with I will offer this: - Even with a 55-300mm lens you need to be within 20 or 30 yards of the bird if it is a large bird. Small birds you need to be within 15 feet. If you cant come close to filling the viewfinder with the birds body you won't be able to crop close enough to make the shot look good. - Back your zoom off a little. Don't zoom all the way to 300mm. Use it at 280mm or 275mm instead. Makes a difference. - Use Single Point Auto Focus set to AF-C (continuous). Forget the Dynamic or 3D tracking stuff. - Use at least f6.7 and f/8 is better still. - Shutter speed should not drop below 1/1000th second. Use camera in Aperture Priority set to f/8 and set ISO to 800 or even 1600 and then set the shutter speed to not go below 1/1000th. - If shooting a white bird against a dark background use -1 EV exposure compensation. If shooting against a blue or bright sky set +1.5 or even +2 EV exposure compensation. - Almost all photos will need some post process adjustment. Adjust levels, saturation, contrast, shadows and add some kind of sharpening. I use Light Room and Photoshop. [/QUOTE]
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