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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 722630" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>LOL @ "wingman" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Hey man, I'm not familiar with the P900, so forgive my ignorance, but do you have the ability to manually focus that thing? If not, are you able to override the auto focus system and make it focus on something other than what <em>it</em> chooses (like the "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy3RVRFVmUE" target="_blank">focus and recompose</a>" technique, or using focus points)? If so, I would definitely try doing either one. Your camera is focusing on what is closest to the lens, and that's not always your subject. So you've got really cute birds in really cute poses...and you're ending up with a nice sharp picture of a branch. If you can work it so it's the bird that's laser sharp, I think you'll be amazed at how much more you like your pics!</p><p></p><p>:encouragement:</p><p></p><p>edit: here's a quick example of what I mean. This baby jay fell out of its nest and ended up under our porch. When it stuck its head through a lattice opening I framed the shot in my viewfinder. If I had left everything on Auto, my camera would have focused on the porch lattice on the left side of the picture since that was the part closest to the lens, and that would have put the bird out of focus. But by choosing Single Point focus mode, then putting that point on the bird's eye while I recomposed slightly, the camera ignored the left side of the porch and kept the bird's face sharp:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]328514[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>See what I mean? And that was with an entry level D3300. Your P900 can probably do this no problem at all I'm guessing, so give it a shot! Seems like you have an awful lot of birds in your yard you can practice on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 722630, member: 46690"] LOL @ "wingman" :) Hey man, I'm not familiar with the P900, so forgive my ignorance, but do you have the ability to manually focus that thing? If not, are you able to override the auto focus system and make it focus on something other than what [I]it[/I] chooses (like the "[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy3RVRFVmUE"]focus and recompose[/URL]" technique, or using focus points)? If so, I would definitely try doing either one. Your camera is focusing on what is closest to the lens, and that's not always your subject. So you've got really cute birds in really cute poses...and you're ending up with a nice sharp picture of a branch. If you can work it so it's the bird that's laser sharp, I think you'll be amazed at how much more you like your pics! :encouragement: edit: here's a quick example of what I mean. This baby jay fell out of its nest and ended up under our porch. When it stuck its head through a lattice opening I framed the shot in my viewfinder. If I had left everything on Auto, my camera would have focused on the porch lattice on the left side of the picture since that was the part closest to the lens, and that would have put the bird out of focus. But by choosing Single Point focus mode, then putting that point on the bird's eye while I recomposed slightly, the camera ignored the left side of the porch and kept the bird's face sharp: [ATTACH=CONFIG]328514._xfImport[/ATTACH] See what I mean? And that was with an entry level D3300. Your P900 can probably do this no problem at all I'm guessing, so give it a shot! Seems like you have an awful lot of birds in your yard you can practice on :) [/QUOTE]
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